Assuming Quote by Gretchen Rubin

“One of the things that surprised me the most is how often we assume that because something's fun for someone else, it makes somebody else happy, it will make us happy.” quote by Gretchen Rubin — Download Open image

“One of the things that surprised me the most is how often we assume that because something's fun for someone else, it makes somebody else happy, it will make us happy.”

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