“The belief that happiness has to be deserved has led to centuries of pain, guilt, and deception. So firmly have we clung to this single, illusory belief that we've almost forgotten the real truth about happiness. So busy are we trying to deserve happiness that we no longer have much time for ideas such as: Happiness is natural, happiness is a birthright, happiness is free, happiness is a choice, happiness is within, and happiness is being. The moment you believe that happiness has to be deserved, you must toil forevermore.” TryingBelieveIdeasRealMomentsPainChoicesBeliefNaturalCenturyDeserveGuiltBusyForgottenDeceptionToilBirthrightIllusoryHappiness Is A ChoiceReal Truth Book:Happiness Now!: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good Fast Source: Happiness Now!: Timeless Wisdom for Feeling Good Fast
“I have no creative use for guilt, yours or my own. Guilt is only another way of avoiding informed action, of buying time out of the pressing need to make clear choices, out of the approaching storm that can feed the earth as well as bend the trees.” WayNeedsWellsUseActionEarthChoicesMy OwnCreativeClearTreeGuiltStormBuyingAvoidingAnother Way Book:Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches
“To have a sense of sin means to feel guilty at there being an ethical choice to make, a guilt which, however "good" I may become, remains unchanged.” FeelsMayMeanChoicesSinRemainsGuiltGuiltyEthical Author:W. H. Auden