The trick to having a happy life is to remember that it all comes down to what we ourselves make of the life we have.
The sun shines and warms and lights us and we have no curiosity to know why this is so, Ralph Waldo Emerson says, ” but we ask the reason of all evil, of pain, and hunger and mosquitoes and silly people.”
Joan Chittister, The Monastic Way, June 2022
Mindfulbalance 
Your words are truly heartwarming! It’s amazing to see the positive impact we can make on someone’s day with even a small gesture.
Yes. Or as my aunt says: “Contentment. Deciding that what we have is enough.”
Indeed. It resides inside us and not in circumstances, Karl