Happiness takes…

Happiness takes two: you and you. And that’s the only way your soul can sing with joy. People around you can boost your mood or make a day, or a year, seem exceptionally joyful or successful in your eyes. But when you’re left alone, or when you look in the mirror, you’ll only see yourself: the other you, who makes you happy or unhappy—the you who doesn’t put on an act for anyone, and who is your very image. When that you becomes genuinely happy, that’s when you’re filled with happiness, with inner joy that fills up all your cells, at first slowly, then with increasing speed. When that happens, your happiness will spread to everyone around you, like the most intoxicating scent. You’ll be like a new engine pushing forward a worn-out car. All situations, all people, and all occurrences around you will reflect in your eyes and take on your strength. Even bad things will take on the role of a teacher and help you to understand them. What is the most important thing for you? What is it that makes you happy? You!
Yourself! When you find yourself and seek out your happiness hand in hand, everything around you will align itself with you.
That way, everything else, too, will pick up a piece of happiness, which will then travel on and awaken others.
Help yourself first, find yourself and your happiness; then go forth and spread your joyous energy around. Let it do its work, and then watch the results.