I was in Sherborne today and saw a postcard with this Chinese proverb which I thought was rather splendid;
“If you want to be happy for a short time, get drunk.
If you want to be happy for a long time, fall in love.
If you want to be happy forever, make a garden!”
![Amanda-Patton-Sussex](http://www.amandapatton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Amanda-Patton-Sussex.jpg)
(this pic is of Ginny Blom’s 2007 Chelsea garden)