by Mary Wakefield Buxton –
URBANNA — Our society values individual happiness so much that it is called a basic human right penned in the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson that includes “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
Abraham Lincoln wrote that in his opinion people were just about as happy in life as they decide they are going to be. After a lifetime of thinking about the nature of happiness and how illusive it is, I define it as a butterfly flitting from flower to flower — it’s here one minute and then it’s gone, I think Honest Abe was right.
