There is light in darkness. You just have to find it. 
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ARTICLE
A Formula for Happiness
By Arthur C. Brooks — 2013
It has been said that “happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”
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