Happiness is the only good. The time to be happy is now. The place to be happy is here. The way to be happy is to make others so.

Waiting is the usual mistake: being happy gets filed under later, somewhere else, once conditions improve. But the only hour you can be content in is the one you are in, and the only place is where your feet are. The last part is the practical hinge. Easing things for another person turns out to be the most reliable way to feel good yourself, which is convenient, because it is available right now.

Pick one person today and make their afternoon easier in some small, unannounced way. Then notice what it did to yours.