Friday Part II
Hey There You all.
I found this quote iin an article from the NYTimes. I thought at this time of year it was worth pondering this part.
Remember the song, Don't Worry, Be Happy? Well seems like it fits this time of year.
"John Stuart Mill, f was a determined proponent of the greatest happiness for the greatest number. "Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so," Mill concluded after recovering from a serious bout of depression. Rather than resign himself to gloom, however, Mill vowed instead to look for happiness in another way.
"Those only are happy," he came to believe, "who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming thus at something else, they find happiness by the way." For our own culture, steeped as it is in the relentless pursuit of personal pleasure and endless cheer, that message is worth heeding.
So in these last days of 2005 I say to you, "Don't have a happy new year!" Have dinner with your family or walk in the park with friends. If you're so inclined, put in some good hours at the office or at your favorite charity, temple or church. Work on your jump shot or your child's model trains. With luck, you'll find happiness by the by. If not, your time won't be wasted. You may even bring a little joy to the world.
Darrin M. McMahon, a professor of history at Florida State, is the author of the forthcoming"Happiness: A History." ""
currently article can be found.. www.nytimes.com/2005/12/29/opinion/29McMahon.html?ex=1136610000&en=8d32bef27aa0db4b&ei=5070
God abides
Bobbie G. McGarey
2005
I found this quote iin an article from the NYTimes. I thought at this time of year it was worth pondering this part.
Remember the song, Don't Worry, Be Happy? Well seems like it fits this time of year.
"John Stuart Mill, f was a determined proponent of the greatest happiness for the greatest number. "Ask yourself whether you are happy, and you cease to be so," Mill concluded after recovering from a serious bout of depression. Rather than resign himself to gloom, however, Mill vowed instead to look for happiness in another way.
"Those only are happy," he came to believe, "who have their minds fixed on some object other than their own happiness; on the happiness of others, on the improvement of mankind, even on some art or pursuit, followed not as a means, but as itself an ideal end. Aiming thus at something else, they find happiness by the way." For our own culture, steeped as it is in the relentless pursuit of personal pleasure and endless cheer, that message is worth heeding.
So in these last days of 2005 I say to you, "Don't have a happy new year!" Have dinner with your family or walk in the park with friends. If you're so inclined, put in some good hours at the office or at your favorite charity, temple or church. Work on your jump shot or your child's model trains. With luck, you'll find happiness by the by. If not, your time won't be wasted. You may even bring a little joy to the world.
Darrin M. McMahon, a professor of history at Florida State, is the author of the forthcoming"Happiness: A History." ""
currently article can be found.. www.nytimes.com/2005/12/29/opinion/29McMahon.html?ex=1136610000&en=8d32bef27aa0db4b&ei=5070
God abides
Bobbie G. McGarey
2005
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