Tuesday, October 25, 2011

What was tthe happiest day of your life?

What was the happiest day of your life? It is a lot more pleasurable to think about the happy times in our lives. However, finding the happiest of the happy may not be so easy. The bad times seem to be etched in our minds, but how quickly we forget the happy times! Taking a journey through my past to answer this question, my mind sorts through weddings, vacations, love affairs, graduations, diplomas, certificates, first kisses, jobs, sporting events and sundry other activities and accomplishments. Somewhat surprisingly, I cannot fasten upon any of these as the “happiest day of my life.” Why is this? Am I looking in the wrong places? What about those book contracts, those great pay increases, and those unexpected financial windfalls? None of these seem to do the trick either! What about those great people I have met in my life? Did they help me to have the happiest day of my life? I must answer no to both of these questions also.

So where then is the happiest day of my life? Why is it so elusive? Have you thought of your happiest day yet? What made it your happiest day? Was it easy to remember? Did you find it had much competition? Or perhaps, you are like me, unable to think of the happiest day in your life? Maybe, the happiest day of our life is still to come and we are just waiting for it? On the other hand, maybe yesterday was the happiest day of our life and we just did not realize it. Are you happiest when you simply live one day at a time and are thankful for the day you live? I think that each day that I can appreciate the smell of fresh air, the joy of a loving spouse, a good job to go to and excellent health is surely the happiest day of my life.

2 comments:

  1. John,

    My memory doesn't seem to work that way. I can't pick out a "best day" or a "worst day". I think we evolved to remember more how to avoid dangers than to find pleasure (although, of course, we need both). I can dredge up peaks and troughs, but it doesn't come easily. Still, there is something in us that wants there to be a "best day". That's why a song like this can bring tears, even though it's not true to my experience:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHiljdikCk

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  2. Great Song and great singer. Thanks for posting. John

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