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	Sunday, April 10, 2005

A Reason to be Happy  ( on life) We were taking our children to a resort.  The children loved swimming, and I figured it was a good time to have them appreciate what we were doing for them.  So I tried to needle some nice feedback. "Are you happy?" I asked my eldest kid, who is now 11. "yes, " he answered. "Why?" I asked, expecting him to say he was happy because we brought them to the place. He thought sometime about it, and asked back, "Dad, why? Do I need a reason?" On second thought, he was right. Maybe us grownups seemed jaded to think we should have a reason for everything. We don't need a reason to be happy. Happiness should be our natural, default state.  And if you are not happy, it makes more sense to keep asking yourself that you should have a good reason why not. After all, if you have 10 reasons to be happy, and 2 reasons not, logic dictates 10 wins over 2. Why would most of us end up being unhappy? 10:26:47 PM     comment []   trackback []