...the ability & desire to be happy.

Why are people unhappy? Often, it's because things aren't going right in their lives, it seems to me. They wish for something they don't have. And that makes them unhappy. But I suspect that if they stop to ponder, they'll acknowledge they do have many consolations. Things and situations that would make them happy -- if only they shifted their focus. Rather than concentrate on what they lack. I have life and love. My most precious possessions. So, I'm relatively happy. Oh, so many things I don't have. I don't have everything. Never will. But what I lack are relatively small things in comparison to what I have. Guess my most cherished possession is the ability and desire to be happy. --Jim Broede