Reading the Geography of Bliss.
The happiest people are the people that accept that things will go wrong, but are NOT pessimistic. There’s a difference. You see a pessimist simply believes all things will go to ape shit, it’s bound to.
An accepting person will hope that something works out, but if it doesn’t realizes that there’s a reason for it—- READ: a lesson to be learned.
I thank God for most of the failures in life, they make the succeeding all the more special.