Katie Reed

“To reach the state of uninterrupted joy, you need to accept that everything in the physical world will eventually vanish and decay, but the real self will remain calm and unaffected. Connecting to that real self to see through the illusions of the physical world delivers the ultimate experience of peace and happiness.”
― Mo Gawdat, Solve For Happy: An original, insightful guide to finding joy

“For human beings, simply put, the default state is happiness. If you don’t believe me, spend a little time with a human fresh from the factory, an infant or toddler. Obviously, there’s a lot of crying and fussing associated with the start-up phase of little humans, but the fact is, as long as their most basic needs are met—no immediate hunger, no immediate fear, no scary isolation, no physical pain or enduring sleeplessness—they live in the moment, perfectly happy.”
― Mo Gawdat, Solve For Happy: An original, insightful guide to finding joy

“Take away that thought of what might happen in the future, and it won’t make you suffer.” In this very moment there is absolutely nothing wrong at all. Live”
― Mo Gawdat, Solve For Happy: An original, insightful guide to finding joy

“Many successful athletes, musicians, and entrepreneurs have achieved their success because they love what they do so much they become experts at it just because the activity itself makes them happy.”
― Mo Gawdat, Solve For Happy: An original, insightful guide to finding joy