Chapter 2: Can Everyone Find Happiness?
I don't just believe in " the pursuit of happiness ," I believe in finding happiness and capturing it to make it part of my allotted time on earth. Yet I ask myself, is it realistic to think everyone can find happiness or is it Pollyannaish? Not all lives have fairytale endings. My friend fell in the night and hit her head. By the time her son found her, she had passed away. Her family will remember the day forever, but even more so her oldest daughter, Sherrie, because it was her birthday. At the funeral, Sherrie explained how at first she was angry that her beloved mother was gone and especially angry because forever after, her birthday would be on an anniversary of her mother's death. Then she told about a business book she had read on reframing and how if you reframe problems, your outlook can change. Between the dreadful day and the funeral, she did reframe....