Mon. For Today

November 21st, There is no more mistaken path to happiness than worldliness, revelry, high life. Arthur Schopenhauer Many people spend their lives yearning for the "good life" they imagine is being lived by those who are written about in the gossip magazines. Contrary to popular opinion, worldliness, revelry and high life are the enemies of happiness because each of them represents excess - too much of a good thing. Certainly, it is a good thing to celebrate joyous occasions, to mark the passage of time with festivities; but these events are valued precisely because they are indulged in with moderation. A party every day would mean the total extinction of happiness. For today: Good and bad times come and go, but the only real and lasting happiness is feeling good about myself. The first requirement for this condition is abstinence.