We are enjoying more wealth and comfort than ever before - but unfortunately, also experiencing increasing unhappiness. The World Happiness Report 2017, had ranked the USA as the 3rd most happy country among the OECD countries in 2007; in 2016, it ranked USA as the 19th. The study also found that unhappiness in different populations was not explained by income inequality, but by differences in mental health, physical health and personal relationships - reflecting an overall life dissatisfaction. The United States leads the world in mental disturbances - almost 42.5 million American adults or 18.2 percent of the total adult population, suffer from some mental illness. In 2015, 3 million adolescents - or 12.5% of those aged 12 to 17 years, had at least one major depressive episode in the past year. Suicide is now the second leading cause of death for people aged between 15 and 24 years. Opioid abuse is rampant, and drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death among Americans under 50. Murders in several major American cities are on track to break records in 2017. Today, 57% of all Americans report as being stressed. The physical health is also showing a disturbing decline. In 2015, USA registered the first decrease in life expectancy in almost two decades - the overall death rate rose 1.2 percent. It is estimated that less than 3 percent of Americans now live a 'healthy lifestyle'. Personal relationships are also not that rosy, with over 85% of dating ending up in breakups. And about 40 percent of marriages end up in divorce. These data point to a widespread social degradation and emotional disintegration. How can you avoid or protect against these emotional ravages? How can you be at peace internally - while you are submerged in life problems and/or surrounded with emotional turmoil? This book provides some self-help pathways to achieve emotional stability, especially during the most demanding periods of your life - both good and bad. Inspirational quotes are written by individuals who have faced and weathered many extreme situations in life. Their quotes contain nuggets about their experiences, and how they managed, during these emotional upheavals. Positive affirmations remove your negative brain software and replace it with positive qualities that you should or wish you had. These sayings and practices will change you - for the better. This book will help you in accepting life situations graciously, reflecting on them objectively and responding to t