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Saturday, July 09, 2005

Move Over Dr. Phil

Growing up, I remember hearing the same piece of inspirational advice over and over: To find happiness in life, pursue your dreams. The problem is that the only recurring dream I had as a child featured a bikini-wearing Chewbacca shooting bananas out of the sky with his angry spoon-rifle. Childhood was a confusing time for Matt. Anyway, thanks to the caring staff at the Happyville psych ward, I now have a much better perspective on life. It turns out that being happy involves, not dreams, but pretending to like your crappy, crappy job. If I could share one bit of wisdom with the youth of the nation, it would be: start lowering your expectations. Start now.

Thanks, and god bless.

1 Comments:

  • At 1:47 PM, Blogger Christopher said…

    I think the more we pursue happiness per se, the more it eludes us.

    As with the grace of God, happiness will descend, unasked, upon only a few of us.

    Incidentally, I saw recently, for the first time, the film, "Happiness", directed by Todd Solanz. If you or any of your readers have never seen it, I highly recommend it, for I consider it brilliant.

     

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