So what is happiness to you?
There is work that is work and there is play that is play; there is
play that is work and work that is play. And in only one of these lies happiness.
-- Gelett Burgess
I read this quote and the more I thought about it, the less I was sure what Burgess was getting at - "only one?". The option I would like is the "work that is play", and that is the one that most closely resembles my life as a Realtor. But my happiness also includes being a loving wife, mother and grandmother, and knowing that I can count on them as they can on me.
So what is happiness to you? Many have tried to define it, and here are a few. In my opinion, some of them come closer than others to how I feel. Which is your favorite?
Happiness is essentially a state of going somewhere, wholeheartedly, one-directionally, without regret or reservation.
-- William H. Sheldon
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
-- Ingrid Bergman
I'm not happy, I'm cheerful. There's a difference. A happy woman has no cares at all. A cheerful woman has cares but has learned how to deal with them.
-- Beverly Sills (1929-) American Opera Singer
Will and I could hardly wait for the morning to come to get at something that interested us. That's happiness.
-- Orville Wright, co-inventor of the airplane
Our capacity to draw happiness from aesthetic objects or material goods in fact seems critically dependent on our first satisfying a more important range of emotional or psychological needs, among them the need for understanding, for love, expression and respect.
-- Alain De Botton
Maybe some of each of them. I do identify a bit with Beverly Sills' definition though, as my family and I have had to overcome some bad stuff. But I do try to be cheerful through whatever hits, because it doesn't make you feel better to make others feel worse for having been around you!
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Susan Neal
Broker / Realtor
Century 21 Noel David Realty
Fair Oaks, California
Full time real estate services in Fair Oaks CA,
with friendly professionalism, 30+ years experience.
I work hard to give my buyer or seller a low-stress
transaction.
"Happy clients make me happy."
For all your real estate needs or questions, call me at (916)705-8951or visit my website at www.SusanNealFineProperties.com.
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