Jagermeister

I'll start with what I think is a basic premise.  People want to be happy.  Part of our heritage is "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness".  These three "rights" are called "inalienable" (natural).  I just read a lot about this.

Life is a pretty easy one unless you start... okay it's not easy.  Liberty.  That's probably difficult.

Pursuit of happiness.  Funny that it said, "pursuit"... in other words I don't just get happy, I gotta go after it. Ever feel like a rabbit chasing a carrot???

When that cop pulled me over in Texas City after my long week, I think I should have told him that he was in the way of my pursuit of happiness, "You are violating my constitutional right to pursue happiness... because you just nailed me on the road... and I can't afford to pursue it anymore!"

What's happy?  When you ponder that, do you get a --- yeah... that's it... just there...

After last night's Jagermeister Experience, I've been thinking about it.  Is happiness a transitory state of mind?

The root word of "happy" is "happ".  That's old norse for "good luck".  The root was adopted into English in the 14th century.  I take it that was nobody could be happy until then!  In the 14th century it meant "silly" or maybe "lucky".  The modern meaning is "contentment".

What does "contentment" mean?  Do you get the same notion? yeah... it's there... yeah

I looked up "content" and I see "self-restrained" to "satisfied".  Satisfied means to "make enough".

So when we ask, "Are you happy?" what we mean is "You have enough?  Filled?  All together?  Ducks in a row?  Are your beams holding the weight?  Can you rest and laugh now despite what you have to tackle or what's tackling you?"

Thankfully, for the most part, under the above translation of "Are you happy?", I can answer yes to "Are you happy?"  Unfortunately, a lot of the time if you asked me, "You feel good?"  I'd have to say, "I feel nuts".

I have a false sense that I'm not happy - that things are falling apart when they aren't; that the beams are on their last nail; that I need to fill up with something; it's all a mess; I gotta work - not rest - but if I don't sleep I won't be able to work etc.

Now I am laughing at my conclusion... Jagermeister gives me what I can't have in my normal insane state of mind... I just feel better lol!

Jagermeister has nothing to do with happiness.  If you are using Jagermeister as a means to "getting it together" or "rest and laugh to get away from what you have to tackle or what's tackling you", you are on the wrong road.

Why didn't I drink Jagermeister tonight and don't plan on it for the foreseeable future?  I want to be happy.  I'd rather be happy than feel good.  Yeah, I'd like to be happy and feel good.  Feeling overly good for a couple hours is tempting, and I'm sure I'll partake again... but it's got all the marks of a trap. I don't want to be a slave of Master Jager... and this is where liberty comes in... :-)