Life, Liberty And The Pursuit Of Happiness.

Quick, without clicking anywhere, where was that well known set of words made renowned?

Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Simple, isn't it? While it does speak to emotions and thoughts that we all feel are fundamental to our lives, I think there may be some problems with our pursuit.
What is it that you give up, walk over, or otherwise are willing to concede in your...."Pursuit of happiness"? Have you cast friends aside, have you cut legal corners to pursue happiness? Have you sold your soul from time to time, or adjusted your moral compass a bit, in your pursuit of happiness?
Happiness is a fickle thing. How can we, as a society, all live out our sovereign right to pursue happiness, when for sure we are all made happy by different things? Sooner or later, won't you end up crossing someone the wrong way as you both butt heads during your respective pursuit of happiness? And what of the collective good of your neighborhood, or community at large? What should be the priority there? Surely your pursuit of happiness will not always jive with what others around you deem to be important. Also, consider this.....what makes you happy right now, will likely not make you happy in six months from now (is that not the definition of fickle?). A new car you buy will lose its shine. A new job you have will annoy you. A new boyfriend or girlfriend will lose favor as time passes. Then what? Were you happy six months earlier, or are you happy now? How many friendships, marriages or other relationships are brought to a screeching halt because "he/she doesn't make me happy anymore." or "I just want to be happy, don't I have a right to happiness?". In the name of happiness, many people have become horribly damaged. In the search for happiness, many children are caught in a terrible crossfire of confusing emotions. Emotions that most adults are not equipped to handle, *much less the fragile mind of a child or teenager. No doubt the people who toppled such giants as Enron, bringing financial ruin to thousands, only wanted happiness for themselves.
I see a world that does indeed want happiness. I question where it is we are searching for it. As long as people continue to seek out something as fleeting as happiness from things of this world, things made and destroyed at the hands of their fellow humans, I believe the search is in vain.
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