Thursday, February 21, 2008

The Pursuit of Happyness!




We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

[Adopted in Congress 4 July 1776]






Have you ever read the 1776 U.S. Declaration of Independence? The drafter adopted the term so-called "the Pursuit of Happiness" in this crucial document. It might be the strange word if we considers in its documentary context itself. Why this term becomes so vital that must be emphasized in the declaration is surprisingly enticing.

I have watched the Movie namely "The Pursuit of the Happyness" in the very end of 2006. It did and still currently impress me. This term deeply immerses into my brain since then. "Happyness" is intentionally misspelled to reiterate the special import which strongly implies something else beside its literarinesses' meaning.

Do the people can have the real happiness? This question has been announced by the man actor who is subjected to the economic crisis which brings about the broken family. His wife left after he cannot earn any income to survive the family member. He numerously asked himself the same question! Or, we can merely pursuit the Happiness since it does not, and never really exist!

How human define this term might depend on several factors! How about you? What do really want if you need to pursuit the "Happyness?" Share it to me!