tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post5233804190595445934..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Unhappily Ever AfterFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-13114268867435331002017-10-09T20:31:28.764-04:002017-10-09T20:31:28.764-04:00halfdar, well said sir.
Thank you Mr. P, for this ...halfdar, well said sir.<br />Thank you Mr. P, for this post jim rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11931167330838505102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-51579630243594243152017-10-09T17:51:31.859-04:002017-10-09T17:51:31.859-04:00Sir;
My spouse and I have long since decided that ...Sir;<br />My spouse and I have long since decided that 'happiness' is fleeting, a temporary condition that, while fun and satisfying, requires enourmous energy outlay and even then can only last for so long. Hardly something upon which to base am assessment of whether one is winning or not.<br /><br />Instead, we aim for a state of contentedness. Contentedness has staying power. It, being subtle and gentle, can continue for years, a lifetime even if one is lucky and has one's priorities figured out. To be content, that state of grace that eludes so many, is to have found a way to want what one has rather than to have what one wants. To be accepting of the troubles and irritations of life as the temporary conditions they are, against a backdrop of longer-term comfort with one's circumstances. This is not to say that one dies not strive for improvement in one's arrangements as one sees fit, no not at all. More that one can find a way to be okay with the vagaries of one's life and accept that sometimes, things change.<br /><br />Being contented makes us happy, only for longer.halfdarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17887530461080325387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-50482424096234468002017-10-09T17:37:44.954-04:002017-10-09T17:37:44.954-04:00The personal is very very seldom political - that&...The personal is very very seldom political - that's one of the great fallacies of leftist dogma. <br /><br />I totally resent the implication that we must all conform to that standard or be considered anti-social, sans empathy, unintelligent or mentally ill. And I simply walk away and refuse to play the part that's being assigned to us "non-conformists" because I honestly don't give a rat's patootie what "they" think about that.<br /><br />Welcome to freedom; and freedom is happiness for me.unrepentant non-conformisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13493673886748484726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-54887021913991722492017-10-09T08:17:44.684-04:002017-10-09T08:17:44.684-04:00Nice topic Mr P. You brought a clarity to a subjec...Nice topic Mr P. You brought a clarity to a subject I rarely think about and that makes me very happy.Ron Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08254200694378708747noreply@blogger.com