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Timebinder, v. 1, issue 3, 1945
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cense" -- the right to do anything and everything they desire to do, that will enhance and advance their basest desires, without regards to the rights of others. The more base such desires, the more such people are apt to shout about their "Liberty", and how abused they are when right-minded people want to shut off that Licenses which they term their Liberty! There can be no Liberty for one, until there is Liberty for all! That is becoming more and more self-evident, and is the basis for all the present-day plans for a permanent peace and for world-wide security. When the citizens of some other country have no Liberties to speak of, how can we enjoy full Liberty here? There are so many adjustments we must make; in order to live peaceably with such people, that there cannot be full liberty for any of us until we all have it. I am joyed to see that more and more of the world's statesmen are beginning to realize this great Truth. We won't get it completely now, I know, but we ware making strides in that direction. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. I have more and more of late begun to wonder if perhaps we are not considering this important aspect of life in the wrong manner. When one looks at the furious and desperate pursuit of happiness (more in peace times than at present under war conditions when people are so busy, it must be admitted), it begins to present itself as an all-absorbing problem. We see people rushing madly about "pursuing" happiness and pleasure; from one frenzied game to another; feverishly jumping from one "amusement" to another; always "seeking" the joy and peace and comfort that ever seems to elude them. DOES one have to "pursue" happiness to get it? CAN one get true happiness by "pursuing" it? How about trying, rather, to "create" happiness for yourself and for others? Is it not only possible, but probable, that true happiness and contentment and the best of pleasures can be gained by the creation of happy moments and hours and years? Do you not think that the happiness accruing from the simple giving of a bit of unselfish service to another has a far more enjoyable and lasting benefit to a person than a night of debauchery in the name of "the pursuit of happiness". Would it not be logical to suppose that everyone concerned in the transaction -- and who can define just who would or how many would be thus concerned -- in the building up of another's personality and use to the world, if you gave him a quiet bit of encouragement rather than to indulge in the cheap ego-satisfaction of tearing down another for the laugh that you and your companions might get for a moment because of your "cleverness"? Do you not believe that it would be far better to expend your strength in making another feel that he amounts to some- 8
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cense" -- the right to do anything and everything they desire to do, that will enhance and advance their basest desires, without regards to the rights of others. The more base such desires, the more such people are apt to shout about their "Liberty", and how abused they are when right-minded people want to shut off that Licenses which they term their Liberty! There can be no Liberty for one, until there is Liberty for all! That is becoming more and more self-evident, and is the basis for all the present-day plans for a permanent peace and for world-wide security. When the citizens of some other country have no Liberties to speak of, how can we enjoy full Liberty here? There are so many adjustments we must make; in order to live peaceably with such people, that there cannot be full liberty for any of us until we all have it. I am joyed to see that more and more of the world's statesmen are beginning to realize this great Truth. We won't get it completely now, I know, but we ware making strides in that direction. THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. I have more and more of late begun to wonder if perhaps we are not considering this important aspect of life in the wrong manner. When one looks at the furious and desperate pursuit of happiness (more in peace times than at present under war conditions when people are so busy, it must be admitted), it begins to present itself as an all-absorbing problem. We see people rushing madly about "pursuing" happiness and pleasure; from one frenzied game to another; feverishly jumping from one "amusement" to another; always "seeking" the joy and peace and comfort that ever seems to elude them. DOES one have to "pursue" happiness to get it? CAN one get true happiness by "pursuing" it? How about trying, rather, to "create" happiness for yourself and for others? Is it not only possible, but probable, that true happiness and contentment and the best of pleasures can be gained by the creation of happy moments and hours and years? Do you not think that the happiness accruing from the simple giving of a bit of unselfish service to another has a far more enjoyable and lasting benefit to a person than a night of debauchery in the name of "the pursuit of happiness". Would it not be logical to suppose that everyone concerned in the transaction -- and who can define just who would or how many would be thus concerned -- in the building up of another's personality and use to the world, if you gave him a quiet bit of encouragement rather than to indulge in the cheap ego-satisfaction of tearing down another for the laugh that you and your companions might get for a moment because of your "cleverness"? Do you not believe that it would be far better to expend your strength in making another feel that he amounts to some- 8
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