There's a great line in one of Charles Dickens' books:
Income 20 pounds, outgo 19 pounds, six shillings, result happiness.
Income 20 pounds, outgo 20 pounds, six shillings, result misery.
It means if you spend more than you make, you'll be miserable, but if you spend less than you make, you'll be happy. I think, however, you can extend that to mean that if you can stay within the boundaries of what you have, and not think that happiness lies outside what you can have, then you'll be happy.
Or, as Mick Jagger sang, "You can't always get what you want, but you'll find sometimes... you can get what you need."
2006-12-16 19:04:15
·
answer #2
·
answered by Katherine W 7
·
0⤊
0⤋
a one word answer, people.
2006-12-16 07:53:44
·
answer #5
·
answered by lefang 5
·
0⤊
0⤋