The Happy Book
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Find Your Happiness
By Jennifer Quasha

Every day may not be good, but there’s something good in every day.
~Author Unknown

I’ve spent a lot of my life unhappy. Looking back there were times that it was okay to feel that way, for example when my parents got divorced, when I was mugged at gunpoint during a vacation, when two friends died in a car accident when I was in high school, and when I was brutally assaulted in my early twenties.

But there were the other times, too. In middle school I didn’t think that I was as smart as everyone else; I didn’t have cool enough clothes; my mother dropped me off at school in a beat-up car. Junior high was the same. I wasn’t as tall and thin as all the other girls; my baby teeth hadn’t fallen out yet; and where were my boobs? Fast forward to high school. Still the boys had eyes for others; still everyone was smarter; still everyone dressed better. Yes, my boobs had finally arrived, but somehow that paled in comparison to everything else. In my first job out of college I wasn’t making as much money as my friends; my apartment wasn’t as nice; when I looked around there was always something to feel miserable about. (Keep reading)