Ponder This
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'Happy' means 'feeling or showing pleasure or contentment'.
But the word 'happy' actually comes from the root 'hap', meaning 'luck' or 'fortune'.
To pursue 'happiness' isn't simply to pursue a 'feeling of pleasure or contentment' but to seek one's fortune.
We also associate happiness with the idea that something is 'happening' as opposed to 'not happening'. Something that is 'hapless' is something that is 'unlucky'. We use the phrase, "What's happening?" as an alternative to "How is it going?" or "How are you?"
Some phrases include: 'Happy Medium', 'Happy Ending', 'Happy Day', and 'Happy as a clam in the mud at high tide'.
In view of the idea that happiness is about what happens, what does your religion say about the events that comprise happiness?
But the word 'happy' actually comes from the root 'hap', meaning 'luck' or 'fortune'.
To pursue 'happiness' isn't simply to pursue a 'feeling of pleasure or contentment' but to seek one's fortune.
We also associate happiness with the idea that something is 'happening' as opposed to 'not happening'. Something that is 'hapless' is something that is 'unlucky'. We use the phrase, "What's happening?" as an alternative to "How is it going?" or "How are you?"
Some phrases include: 'Happy Medium', 'Happy Ending', 'Happy Day', and 'Happy as a clam in the mud at high tide'.
In view of the idea that happiness is about what happens, what does your religion say about the events that comprise happiness?