10/21/2025
Choose happy 😊
Tend the Garden of Your Own Heart
Don’t wait for others
to make you happy.
No one can fill
the spaces meant
for your own light.
Happiness isn’t a gift
handed to you,
it’s something you build
quietly within,
moment by moment.
It’s the peace that comes
when you stop chasing approval,
the warmth that rises
when you choose gratitude
over longing.
Let go
of waiting,
or wishing for someone else
to make you happy.
Others may add to your light,
but they cannot create it for you.
This is your work,
your sacred, lifelong task,
to tend
the garden
of your own heart.
~ 'Tend the Garden of Your Own Heart' by Spirit of a Hippie
✍️ Mary Anne Byrne
~ Art by Annacozysoul
