Last year, Clara and I had this plan we called the "Incentive Plan." Remember, Clara? We made sure we had something to look forward to every day before school, so we could enjoy being there. Well, it turns out the same idea seems to apply for happiness in general. You can't be happy if the only thing you have to look forward to is something that is less than ideal. I mean, truly happy. That explains love, hope, bliss, everything! It's all about initiative. You either have it, or you don't. But in order to have a good enough incentive, you have to find one. It won't just come to you. You have to think about it, and choose a good one. A worthy ambition. Then happiness will come. And another thing. If you have something you wanted, whether you worked for it or not; whether you believed you would get it or not... please don't take it for granted. If you want to keep it, appreciate it, or it will make things worse rather than better. "Whatever" attitudes are fun to laugh at, but they're no good. If you have something, anything, know whether you want it or not. Because there just may be people that don't have anything close to that, but want it, and it's not fair for them to have to see it being taken for granted. And one last thing... We have abosolutely nothing to lose. =)