Why the search for happiness is more important than the destination
There is increasing research about the importance of happiness for individuals and entire countries.
In Bhutan, Gross National Happiness has four key pillars: good governance; stable and equitable socioeconomic development; environmental protection; and preservation of culture. With this in mind, it is useful to value the pursuit of happiness as an interim step, in addition to valuing happiness itself. The search for happiness has immense merit in its own right, regardless of how distant the end of the path might seem. Striving has a value and dignity of its own.
The importance of the pursuit of happiness, rather than necessarily finding it, was declared “self-evident” in the U.S. Declaration of Independence that July: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” These rights relate to life and liberty themselves, but to the “pursuit” of happiness rather than happiness itself.
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