The Happiness Equation: Want Nothing + Do Anything = Have Everything

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What does a Greek philosopher have in common with the Rolling Stones?

Greek philosopher Epictetus says, “Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”

A famous Persian proverb hung on my aunt’s kitchen wall reads, “I cried because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet.”

And the Rolling Stones sing, “You can’t, always get, what you wa-ant. You can’t, always get, what you wa-ant. You can’t, always get, what you wa-ant. But if you try sometimes, you just might find—you get what you neeeeeeeeeeeeeed.”