Have Patience. Things Are Difficult.

Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.

Saadi

In the Psycom article, “How to be Happy ”, the author suggests we should focus on fulfillment over happiness. With quotes from human behavior experts and psychologists, the idea is that happiness is fleeting and never really attainable because we keep pursuing it after the last bit of feeling happy has passed. Fulfillment, on the other hand, is more sustainable and durable, though it requires effort. “This means working towards embracing a range of emotions from joy and excitement, to boredom, disappointment, sadness, fear, anxiety and even embarrassment or shame.”

About the author

Saadi Shīrāzī Persian: ابومحمّد مصلح‌الدین بن عبدالله شیرازی), better known by his pen name Saadi (/ˈsɑːdi/;[3] Persian: سعدی, romanized: Saʿdī, IPA: [sæʔˈdiː]), also known as Sadi of Shiraz (سعدی شیرازی, Saʿdī Shīrāzī; born 1210; died 1291 or 1292), was a major Persian poet and prose writer of the medieval period. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts.