be happy now!

to think only thoughts that are pure and gentle, and to be 
happy under all circumstances, such blessed conditions and 
such beauty of character and life should be the aim of all, 
and particularly so of those who wish to lessen the misery 
of the world. If anyone has failed to lift himself above 
ungentleness, impurity, and unhappiness, he is greatly 
deluded if he imagines he can make the world happier by the 
propagation of any theory or theology. He who is daily 
living in harshness, impurity, or unhappiness is day by day 
adding to the sum of the world's misery; whereas he who 
continually lives in goodwill, and does not depart from 
happiness, is day by day increasing the sum of the world's 
happiness, and this independently of any religious beliefs 
which these may or may not hold.
Despondency, irritability, anxiety and complaining, condemning 
and grumbling; all these are thought cankers, mind-diseases; 
they are the indications of a wrong mental condition, and 
those who suffer therefrom would do well to remedy their 
thinking and conduct. It is true there is much misery in 
the world, so that all our love and compassion are needed, 
but our misery is not needed; there is already too much of 
that. No, it is our cheerfulness and happiness that are needed 
for there is too little of that. We can give nothing better to 
the world than beauty of life and character; without this, all 
other things are vain; this is pre-eminently excellent; it is 
enduring, real, and not to be overthrown, and it includes all 
joy and blessedness. Cease to dwell pessimistically upon the 
wrongs around you; dwell no more in complaints about, and 
revolt against, the evil in others, and commence to live free 
from all wrong and evil yourself. Peace of mind, and true 
reform lie this way. If you would have others true, be true; 
if you would have the world emancipated from misery and sin, 
emancipate yourself; if you would have your home and your 
surroundings happy, be happy. You can transform everything 
around you if you will transform yourself. "Don't complain 
or feel sorry for yourself...