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hippogryph

Thought of the Day (courtesy of Google/Gmail)

Feb 06, 2006 18:41

"The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things."
- Henry Ward Beecher

Discuss.

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my first thought peribothron February 17 2006, 20:38:46 UTC

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Re: my first thought hippogryph February 20 2006, 17:41:01 UTC

LOL - best interpretation ever. :D Well done, Pino.

Reminds me of a good Simpsons quote anonymous February 19 2006, 20:33:38 UTC

Happiness could be obtained by making others miserable, and thus making you relatively happier than everyone else :-p

"The blues aren't about feeling better, they're about making everybody else feel worse." -- Bleeding Gums Murphey

Re: Reminds me of a good Simpsons quote hippogryph February 20 2006, 17:47:49 UTC

Definitely the darker side of the quote. I personally interpreted it as "look for the happiness in everyday occurrences" -- take time to enjoy the beauty and special quality of transient things in life (the play of light on leaves, the purring of a cat). On further reflection, that'd probably read more like "Enjoy the moment", though.

Re: Reminds me of a good Simpsons quote anonymous February 21 2006, 01:12:40 UTC

Hehe, I hope you didn't take that post too seriously :-p It was meant in jest.

P.S. This is Eli both times. I should really sign it if I'm going to post anonymous...