Realize that true happiness lies within you.

1. You will achieve your grand dream, a day at a time,
   
   
   so set goals for each day - - - not long and difficult projects, but chores
   
   
   that will take you, step by step, toward your rainbow. Write them down, if
   
   
   you must, but limit your list so that you won't have to drag today's undone
   
   
   matters into tomorrow. Remember that you cannot build your pyramid in
   
   
   twenty-four hours. Be patient. Never allow your day to become so
   
   
   cluttered that you neglect your most important goal - - - to do the best
   
   
   you can, enjoy this day, and rest satisfied with what you have
   
   
   accomplished.


2. Never allow anyone to rain on your parade and thus
   
   
   cast a pall of gloom and defeat on the entire day. Remember that no
   
   
   talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character, are required to set up
   
   
   in the fault-finding business. Nothing external can have any power over
   
   
   you unless you permit it. Your time is too precious to be sacrificed in
   
   
   wasted days combating in menial forces of hate, jealousy, and envy. Guard
   
   
   your fragile life carefully. Only God can shape a flower, but any foolish
   
   
   child can pull it to pieces.


3. Search for the seed of good in every adversity.
   
   
   Master the principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard
   
   
   you well though all the darkest valleys you must traverse. Stars may be
   
   
   from the bottom of a deep well, when they cannot be discerned from the
   
   
   mountaintop. So will you learn things in adversity that you would never
   
   
   have discovered without trouble. There is always a seed of good. Find it
   
   
   and prosper.


4. Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste
   
   
   no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the
   
   
   world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in
   
   
   getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness
   
   
   is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on
   
   
   yourself.