Stop waiting for your ship to come in. Stop telling yourself you will be happy when. You can be happy now. You can literally grow happiness under your feet. One way is to start a gratitude journal . Researchers found that people who wrote down things they were grateful for every day for a week were measurably happy months later. Find your own ways to happiness now with these Ten Little Shots of Happiness.

Sometimes, it is hard to believe that we can be happy now. We need to see evidence of someone being happy as they endure pain and hardship. The move, Happy Go Lucky, provides just such an example. It is a slice of life drama about one of those disgustingly happy people and it shows how she uses her happiness to deal with loss, violence, and pain, both emotional and physical. So remember,

Stop Waiting For Happiness. Grow Happiness under Your Feet Now.