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to quote my quite excellent book:
"There's worse lives than those in Camp's End. Some are even content here. Probably some Camp Enders could teach us a thing or two about happiness."
"I'm happy," I assured him...
"You're at peace, son. There's a big difference."
"Which would be what?"
"If you're still, and if you don't hope too much, peace will come to you. It's a grace. But you have to choose happiness."
"It's that easy, is it? Just choose?"
"Making the decision to choose isn't always easy."
I said, "This sounds like you've been thinking too much"
"We sometimes take refuge in misery, a strange kind of comfort... But no matter what happens in life, happiness is there for us, waiting to be embraced."
"There's worse lives than those in Camp's End. Some are even content here. Probably some Camp Enders could teach us a thing or two about happiness."
"I'm happy," I assured him...
"You're at peace, son. There's a big difference."
"Which would be what?"
"If you're still, and if you don't hope too much, peace will come to you. It's a grace. But you have to choose happiness."
"It's that easy, is it? Just choose?"
"Making the decision to choose isn't always easy."
I said, "This sounds like you've been thinking too much"
"We sometimes take refuge in misery, a strange kind of comfort... But no matter what happens in life, happiness is there for us, waiting to be embraced."