It has been several days since I have started on my quest for happiness. I’m not really sure how well it is working. I think part of it is perceptional, if you see everything as an affront you will be spend a lot of time being defensive. And nobody likes to play the injured party more than me. A rebel without a reason, I guess.
Albert Schweitzer said “happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.� Which makes as much sense as anything. Fortunately my memory is terrible, or wonderful, depending on how you look at it. I remember things that never even happened. So much of my past has been spent running from reality that I’m never really sure what actually happened. Further, I have a very nasty habit of borrowing affectations and mannerisms from people that I’m not always sure who I am. It will probably be a pretty simple switch to start seeing my past as something much rosier, and who knows, maybe it was. And I will start looking for cheerful bits of people I can assimilate, the good bits, the happy, smiling, warm, wonderful parts that have been so annoying and elusive.
I am getting closer, everyday, and I am almost certain it will be worth the effort. Then I will write a book, “How to be Happy, for Dummies.” And I am just enough of a dummy to write that book.
Today's Happiness Theme Song is a little different, from a woman whose life ended too soon, and whose voice is as strong as it is beautiful. It may not be all that happy, but it always makes me smile. Don't forget the coming poll on Life Explained Facebook Page