Shifting the goal away from being happy towards being engaged with life does wonders for the soul. If your goal is happiness it is easy to cling to the stuff that gives you that feeling even when you ought to let it go. Let shit flow naturally and the real joy will grow actually
The input jack on my bass was fucked up last night and was making all sorts of noise to the point where I had to switch to my side bass but today it works fine. It's like the bass elves fixed it overnight for me. Thank you elves!