One of the greatest documents ever also contains one of the greatest truths ever. The U.S. Declaration of Independence states that we all have a right to "life, liberty and the PURSUIT of happiness."
We have an absolute right to be alive. We have an absolute right to freedom.
But we only have the right to pursue happiness; nothing guarantees happiness, or even our right to be happy. We're only guaranteed the ability to TRY to be happy. And I think this is a good thing.
Even religions don't really guarantee happiness. Most of them say you have to live a certain way to achieve eternal life in heaven, or its equivalent, but even then they don't say that eternal life will be filled with happiness. And the way you have to live to reach that goal often means forsaking or sacrificing personal happiness.
And who really wants to be happy all of the time? How are you able to appreciate, fully appreciate happiness, if you don't have some sadness or adversity in your life?
I don't really expect to be happy, per se. But I do appreciate the little moments of happiness. Watching a great movie and forgetting about all of my problems. Enjoying an amazing meal. Laughing with friends. Winning an award unexpectedly. Finding a $20 bill on the sidewalk. Kissing a woman with soft lips. Hugging my godsons.
Peace.
Random Guam Fact Of The Day:
• Guam is the only U.S. territory to have its own Olympic team, separate from the U.S. Olympic team. Our first Olympic endeavor was actually a Winter Olympics, after a con artist convinced island sports leaders to let him represent the island. Now Guam's Olympic efforts are real, though we haven't ever won a medal and it'll probably be a LONG time before we ever do win one.
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9 comments:
doh! I knew I forgot something! LOL
OK ... all fixed.
except when certain dorks upset your joyful spazzing by being aggravating and irritating? LOL
allison: we send a very small team. We do have to meet some regional qualifying times/records/etc.
chrissie: yes ... there you are again ... and yay for it!!
allison: don't tell me you missed my Guam FOTD that featured the Marianas Trench?!??
Reposting for you:
While Mt. Everest is the highest mountain, Guam's Mt. Lamlam is, technically, the tallest. Everest is 29,035 feet above sea level. While Lamlam is only 1,332 feet above sea level, it's "base" is, again technically, the bottom of the Marianas Trench, which has been measured at 35,800 feet in depth, or 6.2 miles. Add Lamlam's height and you get a grand total of 37,132 feet in height, from bottom to top.
never been a person to the bottom ... but they lowered a robot in a super-strong, pressure resistent thing ... it's uber-spooky down there
well, there is like zero light down there. The light from the sun doesn't penetrated that deep. There are some weird glow-in-the dark boogie fish and creatures ... and some of the weirdest looking beasties ever seen.
See the above post ... spooooooky!!
i really liked this post. And I think you have the right of it because really as long as you pay attention to the wonderful small things that happen in life you can weather the big nasty ones.
beauty and happiness and joy and wonderful food and laughter are out there waiting every day, the hard part is to let them in!
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