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To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost. Gustav Flaubert
I had a negative goal.
All my life, well meaning people have been telling me not to be stupid. I always assumed that it was for my own good. I believed that they wanted the best for me. Now I am beginning to wonder.
All this time, I have been seeking fulfillment and happiness, rarely achieving one or the other and never both at the same time. Mostly I remain unsatisfied with my status and progress and profoundly focused on me. I have been so intent on self examination that I never thought to look around me for examples of happiness. If I did take my eyes off myslef, it was only to examine my mentors- the ones urging me not to be stupid. As a result, I never knew any truly happy people. Everyone I knew was struggling just as hard as I not to be stupid and it wasn’t making them happy.
So where are the happy people?
I had to lower my horizon to find them. They were all around me but flying under the radar for people who’s only aim in life is not to be stupid. They were living their lives happily, unstressed by unnecessary knowledge of their limited abilities and accomplishments. They were loved and respected. They were important. They were comfortable with themselves. And they were stupid.
That was the stupidest thing I’ve heard in a long time. But I think you are on to something. Stupidity works for me……Happy New Year Coots.
Hansi,
I will take that as a complement. Happy New Year back at you.
Stupid is as stupid does right? Oh well. And that Weird Al CD is one I have had for years and years….Dare to be stupid indeed!
Justin,
I might have guessed.