Jerry Smith

Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness…” One Elizabeth Cady Stanton added the words “and women” to “all men,“in the declaration.

First, there is no simple definition of happiness. The experiences determining happiness are not common to everyone. The elements contributing to the happiness for one person might not contribute to the happiness another. We will therefore explore the area of what aged and learned people of the past ( and some present) have said about happiness. Read and reflect carefully on these statements:

Before considering any of these statements, there is one observation wise for all to consider: …” the Danes (the people of Denmark) see both the domestic and personal life as an art form and not { a] drudgery to get away from.” Think on that statement! We live in an age where “go” is a major word in our vocabulary. I remember younger days when my parents would rebuke my sisters and myself with “go, go, go, go is your middle name.” That statement was used by my friends’ parents also.

There was a word used early in the article in National Geographic that nearly “turned me off” before I explored the rest of the content. It is a word most essential to the understanding of the happiness of the population of Denmark. The