A Thought: On What to Carry and What to Leave Behind

I think part of finding happiness is life is in learning what to carry from the past to the future.  Always carry the happy things, even, or especially, when they're rare, so that when they aren't around, you have something to hold to.  As for the bad, the mistakes and the worries and the heartache, only carry them long enough to learn what they're meant to teach you, then thank them, leave them by the road and keep moving, taking with you only the lesson, not the sorrow, as the latter will weigh you down, while the former will lift you up.