Let Go of Past Hurt to Gain Happiness

"I basked in the sunlight on a warm summer day!"
"I basked in the pool after one thousand people have enjoyed its use!"

I think of happiness using this analogy. If you want to be in a state of happiness, you will do whatever it takes to get that feeling of basking in the sun on a warm summer day.

To truly gain happiness, you must let go of past hurt, pain, lost dreams etc. If you keep holding on to the past, you are remaining in the same hurt, pain, lost dreams (dirty pool from one thousand use)! You must be willing to bask in the sunlight and not in the pool of yesterday's indelicate and lost dreams.

Instead, to achieve happiness, learn to perch on high like a passerine and enjoy the present moment of today.