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Pursuing the Present

Pursuit of Happiness

When we’re rushing through life, we’re not living in the moment. For every second we fret with the future, we’re spending one less second in the present. Students are trained from childhood to plan ahead. In early grade school, we’re given homework to complete by the next day. A frowning face or a red sticker tells parents their child didn’t complete the task.

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The Gift of Giving

Pursuit of Happiness

During the winter at my old job with Washington University, I would step out of McMillan Hospital, shivering in the freezing weather. Every day, I saw an African American man playing his saxophone as pedestrians walked right by, occasionally dropping a few cents into his semi-transparent ice-cream bucket.

Where you look is what you see

Pursuit of Happiness

Life sucks. And when it does, people just complain. I hate the rain. The cold is unbearable. College is kicking my butt. I wish I didn’t have to take this class. My teacher wants us to read 30 pages by Friday. Not only that, but I hate my job, my boss is a jerk, and I’m not getting that promotion I want.