To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

The past is dead; The future is imaginary; Happiness can only be in the Eternal Now Moment.

I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now - unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future.

You add to the suffering in the world when you take offense, just as much as you do when you give offense.

Happiness happens when your consciousness is not dominated by addictions and demands - and you experience life as a parade of preferences.

The love and peace of higher consciousness flow from just being - and enjoying it all. Anything you do will not be enough unless you feel fulfilled in just being. Usually we are not happy when we find doing whatever it is that we think we have to do. Doing creates expectations that your world and the people around you may or may not fit. The things we do disappear in time. We must learn to appreciate just being alive in the nowness of whatever situation we are in.

Keep in mind that you don't need to be addicted to money in order to acquire it. You can prefer to have money; you will then be able to enjoy whatever money you receive, but your happiness will not be contingent on the size of your bank account.