How to stay happy:

1. Try everything twice.
On Madam Tombstone, she said she wanted this epitaph:
Tried everything twice...loved it both times!

2. Keep only CHEERFUL friends.
The grouches pull you down.
(Keep in mind if you are of those grouches!)

3. Keep learning:
Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever.
Never let the brain get idle.
"An idle mind is the devil's workshop"

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud.
Laugh until you gasp for breath.
And if you have a friend who makes you laugh,
spend lots and lots of time with HIM/HER!

6. The tears happen: Endure, grieve and MOVE ON.
The only person who is with us our entire life, is ourselves.
LIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love:
whatever it is,
family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies,
whatever.
Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health:
if it is good, preserve it.
If it is unstable, improve it.
If it is beyond what you can improve. Get help!

9. Dont take guilt trips.
Take a trip to the mall,
even to next county, to a foreign country,
but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them,
at every opportunity.

11. do share your happiness,
because it will double when you share