We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to something besides ourselves. (Ethel Percy Andrus)

We learn the inner secret of happiness when we learn to direct our inner drives, our interest and our attention to something besides ourselves.

Ethel Percy Andrus

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