"I have lived through much and
now I think I have found what
is needed for happiness. A quiet,
secluded life in the country with
the possibility of being useful to
people." ~Leo Tolstoy
I used to think that there was one
perfect life for each of us in which
to find our happy. Now I see that
in reality, happy, its accompanying
times and places, comes in eras.
The scholastic era, for example,
requires friends and parties. Over
simplified of course, but you get
my drift.
The settling down era needs a
partner, hearth and home, good
jobs, the odd pet and best of all,
our children.
The retirement era begs for all
things smaller. A smaller home,
hopefully with the mortgage paid,
smaller meals, smaller groups,
smaller vacations.
Still, bottom line, no matter the
era in which we find ourselves,
finding our happy and keeping
it, is up to each of us . . .
Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy,
was a Russian writer regarded as
one of the greatest authors of all
time. 1828 - 1910 Wikipedia
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