Some of you have heard of my two categories for people, but I feel like writing an exposition. There are two types of people out there, the ones that can hang with me, and the ones that are scared...oh wait that's Britney Spears. There are two types of people out there: Formula people and the Pursuit of Happiness people.
Formula people live their lives in a way that they think they should, whether they feel like it or not, whether it makes them happy or not. Behavior is based on the formula, which could be a religion, culture, appeasement of a parent, spouse, career, or it could be the result of not questioning why you are executing the daily actions that you are, not questioning why you are a sheep.
Pursuit of Happiness people do whatever they feel like, whatever they think will make them happy. This could be day to day happiness, or behavior could be based on a long-term happiness goal. As Richard Dawkins says, the founders were very wise to include pursuit. Everyone has the right to the pursuit of happiness, not happiness itself.
Formula people are flawed because there is no formula for life. The simple fact is that we do not know why we are here and we never will know. So all-inclusive formulas, dependent formulas, required formulas, imposed formulas...they're all wrong. The only formula is the pursuit of happiness, and this you will find within yourself.
"Only once you truly know that you will die is when you will start living the life you want" - Emerson
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
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