What's Happenin'?
Butterfly Found on Damp Beach I know I’m not the only person in search of happiness. I see it on faces. Not in their exuberant smiles, but their looks of disappointment. Happiness isn’t an easy snag. When I see expressions of frustration in people I try to make sense of why it’s so pervasive in our culture rather than of happiness and contentment. I think frustration comes from expectations that are set too high. We want joy, we expect joy and it can set us up for disappointment. We don’t adjust our expectations or worse, we become pessimistic over time. Some of this more-effort-than-skill comes from an old, faulty, belief system that happiness either comes or it doesn’t. Or it’s not how we envision happiness, it’s dependent on pure luck. “It’s being at the right place at the right time,” I’ve heard people say. “Money makes people happy” “Good things only happen to good people” There’s an obvious defect in thinking luck, money, and bein