“Because…I’m
HAPPY!”
One of the most popular,
international anthems is the Oscar-nominated song by Pharrell Williams from
Animated movie “Despicable Me 2” titled Happy.
A few of the lyrics are:
It
might seem crazy what I'm about to say
Sunshine
she's here, you can take away
I'm
a hot air balloon, I could go to space
With
the air, like I don't care baby by the way
Because
I'm happy
Clap
along if you feel like a room without a roof
Because
I'm happy
Clap
along if you feel like happiness is the truth
Because
I'm happy
Clap
along if you know what happiness is to you
Because
I'm happy
Clap
along if you feel like that's what you wanna do
Here
come bad news talking this and that
Yeah,
give me all you got, don't hold back
Yeah,
well I should probably warn you I'll be just fine
Yeah,
no offense to you don't waste your time
Here's
why
Because
I'm happy…
Happy is defined as “feeling pleasure and enjoyment because of
your life, situation, etc.; showing or causing feelings of pleasure and
enjoyment; pleased or glad about a particular situation, event, etc.” http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/happy
Sometimes, we are so focused in our “pursuit
of happiness,” we fail to realize that happiness comes from the inside of us.
The NY Times explored this in an
article titled, “A Formula for Happiness” by Arthur C. Brooks:
It
turns out that choosing to pursue four basic values of faith, family, community
and work is the surest path to happiness.
There’s
nothing new about earned success. It’s simply another way of explaining what
America’s founders meant when they proclaimed in the Declaration of
Independence that humans’ inalienable rights include life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness.
To
pursue the happiness within our reach, we do best to pour ourselves into faith,
family, community and meaningful work. To share happiness, we need to fight for
free enterprise and strive to make its blessings accessible to all.
The Bible mentions happiness:
Psalm
144:15 (NKJV): “Happy are the people who are in such a state; Happy are the people
whose God is the Lord!”
Proverbs
3:13 (NKJV): “Happy is the man who finds wisdom, And the man who gains
understanding;”
Proverbs
16:20 (NKJV): “He who heeds the word wisely will
find good, And whoever trusts in the Lord, happy
is he.”
Wise Quotes include:
“Folks
are usually about as happy as they
make their minds up to be.”
― Abraham Lincoln
“Happiness is when what you think, what
you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
― Mahatma Gandhi
“The
most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.”
― Audrey Hepburn
“Happiness is only real when shared.”
― Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild
“Let
no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness: kindness in
your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile.”
― Mother Teresa
“Now
and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”
― Guillaume Apollinaire
Choose to be Happy Today!
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