Making Heaven

We are all engaged in a rat race in one way or another, pressing towards the delusional goal supposedly leading to felicity. More power, more income, more consumption.

While the world obsesses itself with Gross National Product and Gross National Incomes being representations of how close we are to the ultimate utopia, Bhutan is in pursuit of Gross National Happiness! The government creates the conditions that would enable every citizen to pursue happiness with a reasonable chance of success.

Don’t you think that’s cool?


"Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort." ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt

Is that an idealist's dream? A cloak, veiling something the "happy" people refuses to admit? Or a reality?
Oh boy.... I think I will turn schizo trying to find my place in either stance....

John Milton, a 17th century author (actually, I didn't know who he was until I searched for that name, so I hope this is the correct guy):
The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make heaven of Hell, and a hell of Heaven.

I think I should start making heaven.....
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