"Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come. But if you pay not attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap"
- William Bennett
About this Quote
This quote by William Bennett is a reminder that real happiness is not something that can be forced or chased after. It is something that needs to be allowed to come to us naturally. We can not expect to be delighted if we are constantly attempting to coax it or call it. Instead, we need to focus on our own lives and our own objectives and enable joy to come to us in its own time. When we are not actively seeking it, we might discover that it is currently there, rubbing versus our legs and jumping into our lap. This quote is a pointer that true joy is something that needs to be enabled to come to us naturally, and not something that can be forced or gone after.
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