My expectations on other people prevented me from really appreciating who they were.

And that is the core of the day.

Welcome back to the quote of the day show.

I'm your host Sean Crox and the Sean Croxton.com.

I hope you got your tissue paper nearby because this one's a little bit of a tear joker.

I will admit when I heard it for the first time, I got a little teary.

You know, tear didn't fall or anything, but they were, they were piling up a little bit in there.

And what Haley is about to do, I know what for effect, is save at least one relationship out there.

She's talking about gratitude.

She's talking about expectations.

She's talking about appreciating people for who they are. Here's Haley.

Yes, and in 2008, I discovered the secret to happiness. And that's why I'm here.

But before I discovered it, I was actually depressed.

I felt incredibly, like life was a treadmill, blah, about life.

Like there was no point that we were going to get married, have a couple of kids, buy a house, and you know, grow old and then die.

And sounds a bit dramatic because I am, but that is how I felt.

And I was struggling to enjoy my life in any way.

And I had two healthy kids, a lovely partner, but it just did not feel anything for my life.

And so it was concerning me because I wasn't being a great mom or a great partner, and I wanted to be those things.

So I went and I found a nun.

I had heard about this lady who was helping people with some counseling and kind of spiritual directions, sort of stuff.

And I'm not Catholic, but I wanted a whole new perspective.

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