I can so relate! My mom walked into my kitchen once, slammed her hand down on counter and said,
I'm not happy!" (She had Parkinson's and later developed Alzheimer's).
I looked at her--and she was basically demanding that I DO something--not that it's in anybody's ability to make someone else feel anything.
That's when I realized, the only person's happiness I could do anything about was my own.
I loved the quote you found--how very true.
Seek your own happiness and let it spill out to the world.
Nice to meet you.
~Carol O'Dell
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Hello~I'm Carol D. O'Dell, author of Mothering Mother: A Daughter's Humorous and Heartbreaking Memoir. I write and speak and teach about caregiving, inspiration, creativity, spirituality, writing, marketing, and humor.