[MD] happiness: a model

[MarshaV]

Hi Mark,

That was not just a happy face, it was a wink.  I agree with you.  


Marsha  



On Nov 29, 2010, at 7:29 PM, 118 wrote:

> Hi Marsha,
> Thanks for the happy face.  This pursuit of happiness is at the root of
> unhappiness, in my opinion.  When we are in pursuit of it, it means that we
> do not have it ("Tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow..." Annie sings, long-fully in
> the background).  This is a Western concept as distinct from, say, a Zen one
> ("Don't worry, be happy...", sings Bobby McFerrin, smilingly off-stage)
> Yes, we have the right to kill ourselves to be happy.  What kind of right
> is that?
> 
> The way I would write the constitution would be that we have the right to
> create happiness.  Now, doesn't that sound a little more moral?  When we
> think of creating such a thing, we become a little more responsible, like
> maybe a group effort may be appropriate.  If we are just out to get it,
> where can we find it?
> 
> Sorry, got to go cruise the streets looking for happiness.  Jack Daniels
> anyone? ("Wasting away again in Margaritaville...", sings Jimmy Buffett in
> the bottle).
> 
> 
> Mark
> 
> On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 2:22 AM, MarshaV <valkyr at att.net> wrote:
> 
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>> Oh, I forgot:  ;-)
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>> On Nov 29, 2010, at 4:36 AM, MarshaV wrote:
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>> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/philip-reynolds/the-pursuit-of-what_b_781092.html?view=print
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