Letter
to the Editor,
There
is an upcoming day of celebration on August 8 known as “NATIONAL HAPPINESS
HAPPENS DAY”.
The
National Happiness Happens Day was founded in 1999 as “Admit You’re Happy Day”
by the Secret Society of Happy People (SOHP).
August
8 was chosen as it is the anniversary date of the first membership in 1998.
Yes,
“National Happiness Happens Day” has a legitimate national proclamation
designation; and yes, the Secret Society of Happy People is a real organization
as can be attested to by visiting their website at www.sohp.com
The
society encourages members to experience and express happiness in their daily
life.
They
have two mottoes: “Happiness Happens” and “Don’t Even Think of Raining on My
Parade”.
Cynics
and skeptics will probably ridicule and rebuke what in their mind seems a
frivolous and foolish day.
They
may scathingly renounce the squandering of paper and ink spent on publicizing
what they perceive to be a seemingly inane declaration.
There
are far more serious and somber matters to be written about and published in
the newspaper they may truthfully reiterate; but when people are surveyed about
what they most want in life, the overwhelming majority mention Happiness.
We
all want to be serendipitously happy, even those who are sarcastic and
satirical.
So
let us all at least for this one day experience happiness by laughing instead
of scoffing, kissing the ones we love instead of hissing at the ones we loathe,
cheering instead of jeering, tickling our toes instead of wrinkling our nose,
and chuckling at jokes instead of heckling folks.
“There
is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live”.
Ecclesiastes 3:12
Wishing
everyone a HAPPY NATIONAL HAPPINESS HAPPENS DAY!
Marian
Casillas, Ed.D.
