IMHO most people tend to dwell on negative issues. They complain about the weather, business, food...whatever. News outlets use bad news as a method to gain viewers and readers. In fact, the ratio of bad news to good news on a typcial broadcast can be as much as 17 to 1.   I know that people seem to discount joy and happiness. They choose to push it aside after they experience it. Maybe they don't feel they deserve it. Maybe because true happiness and joy seems fleeting. It happens in a moment and then the moment is gone.  

Jefferson's three examples of our unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.Happiness is the state of Felicity.It has been said that it's not how much we have but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness (Charles Spurgeon). Lincoln added most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.The top 10 things that come mind that make me happy are (not necessarily in the order of importance):1) French Champagne2) Family3) Gotham4) Winning (fun is more fun when you win)

Yesterday was my birthday and it was a Happy One!

Rona's blog regarding happiness and money inspired my thoughts and blog in this theme week.   While I do not believe that there is a direct relationship between money and happiness, I do believe that they are interconnected, perhaps dysfunctionally.  Most of the wealthy people lI have seen lead miserable lives, ieven if they don't acknowledge it.  Yet I also believe that poverty tends to lead to misery, tragedy and unhappiness.  

Like Rona, I thought that this topic was going to be a cinch but in the end, I don’t think it is. What makes one person happy may be vastly different from what brings a smile to another. Sure, there are probably themes but when you dig down deep, where does happiness really come from for you?

"Nothing left to do but smile, smile, smile."   He's Gone -The Grateful Dead   It was a mild winter afternoon on December 22, 1992 when my secretary buzzed me and said there was a detective from Boca Raton, Florida on the telephone.  I was confused.  I thought it might be a PBA solicitation and hesitated, but then took the call.  

Drone strikes have been around since the first recorded use of one in 1849 when the Austrians used pilotless balloons against revolutinary citizens in Venice. However, since 9/11 we have used drones to kill suspected terrorists in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, and other countries.