It's been, what, four or so days since you've uttered, for the thousandth time, the words "happy", ostensibly for the new year,…gave a hug, a kiss, clinked glasses.
Are you still feeling happy?
If not, there seems to be a proliferation of web sites devoted to helping out with finding your happy.
I kid you not.
Shudder at the daily horrors of the world when you open your morning paper? Fear not, your alternative is a link to HappyNews. They actually do bring you real news events, the catch is it is only news intended to lift your spirits. And this doesn't take place in Whoville.
Then we have Happier.com. The catch for your happiness here is that it requires a paid subscription. I wonder how many sorry souls seeking solace (love alliteration) found themselves decidedly unhappy when they realized that they had to pay to find their happy.
Prozac.com does not come up in the happy search.
A favorite quote of mine came from Tony Kushner (the Tony winning Tony) when asked his about his current state of mind. he replied that he is feeling "happyish."
And that became, for me, the best way for one to describe how they are feeling. Takes the pressure off, doesn't it?
I'm happyish.
One Response
In saturday’s Times Howard Jacobson (British writer and journalist) wrote “Happiness is an older woman….or should we say an older woman with judgement. And that means no facelift, no Botox, no liposuction. Desperation isn’t attractive in either sex. An amused resignation to the ravages of age, however, is. Nothing beats the conversation of a woman with the confidence to laugh at herself while piquing you to the point of jealousy with the depth of her sexual experience… No younger woman can light those fires of curiosity. In the amused lines around the eyes of an older woman’s eyes you read the questions that will never be answered. There’s the excitement, there’s the challenge, and the sting that makes us hppy