Hi, this is David. Have you thought about starting a retail business? When you think about

businesses like Magic Spoon and Mattel, who sell through the roof, you probably attribute

their success to great products and a strong brand. But an often overlooked secret is actually

the business behind the business, the one which makes selling and buying simple.

For millions of retail businesses, that business is Shopify.

Nobody does selling better than Shopify, because no checkout system is better at converting

shoppers into buyers. With Shopify, you can sell wherever

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slash inspirational.

All lowercase.

Go to Shopify.com slash inspirational to upgrade your selling today.

Shopify.com slash inspirational. Welcome to the inspirational living podcast.

If you or someone you know would like to break free from an addiction to alcohol or cigarettes,

our break free meditations can help. To learn more, please visit

livinghour.org slash break-free. Today's reading was edited and adapted from Keep Happy by Eustace Miles,

published in 1920.

It is so easy to say to others, or to ourselves, keep happy, but how do we keep happy?

Here are a few of many helps. People will sometimes ask, what about in trying circumstances?

How can we keep happy in them, whether they be past, present or future? Well, a good piece of general advice is to welcome the circumstances as you would welcome

either a strong opponent or a contest handicap, that is, as a privilege and an occasion for bringing

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