Cicero, one of ancient Rome’s greatest philosophers, once said that good men are always happy. This blog is dedicated to the ideal of good. Or in another word Happiness.
I have become convinced that one cannot “choose” to be happy. Happiness rather is a bi-product of our daily actions and decisions. We are happy when we are, in the words of Cicero, good.
So what is good? Great question, I am glad I asked.
That is what we, as a community, will be exploring. Through this blog and…hopefully…over the years to come, we will learn how to discover, understand, and practice goodness in our life. We will explore and answer such questions as, “Is there such a thing as universal good”?, “How does one cultivate goodness in themselves and in others around them”?, and “How are good and happiness connected”?
I love this quote by Cicero:The human soul is divine. When it leaves the body…it has the power to take the road back to heaven; and the better and more decently it has behaved in this life, the easier the road will be.
The key, I believe is to align ourselves with the Universal Force that governs the universe. The closer we are aligned with that Force the more good our lives become. Which in turns brings happiness into our lives.
I love the way the first chapter of the Book of Genisis starts and ends. The very first verse says In the beginning God created the Heaven and the Earth. Let me repeat that…God created the HEAVEN and the EARTH. What does this mean exactly. Well it means that God created everything. EVERYTHING! There is nothing…no-thing…that we see, feel, breath, touch, hear, or taste that was not created by God. What makes this powerful is the last verse of the 1st chapter Genisis. It says And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.
So if God made everything…[random thought. have you ever noticed that the only difference between the word Good and God is one little O?]…that means you and I are good. And according to Cicero good men are always happy.
Our natural state is to be happy. We were born to be happy. That is who we are at our core. Amazing isn’t it?
This blog is dedicated to the creation of the Good Life. Or in the immortal words of Ren and Stimpy…Happy, happy, joy joy.
