C'est Moi Trois

I've given this a lot of thought, but I couldn't come up with a diffinitive "most impotant." Cop-out? Perhaps, but there are so many important things. We all have different gifts and talents, and it's only by using them in conjunction and cooperation that we move forward in a productive way.

I might be making this up, but it seems plausable. My birthday often occurs over Labor Day weekend. In fact, this year it is today. ;) And, it seems to me that something to do with intertubing down a lovely river. The water, the laughter, the trees, the trying to stay the right side up trying to adjust to the right position on one's intertube. What's not to like?

 On the spoon? Crunchy. On a sandwich? Smooth. :)

For the record, Webster's does state that happiness is a pleasant feeling, among its other definitions.

Growth can cause the feeling of happiness. Growth can be painful and torturous (e.g. "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger.") Yeats wants to change the definitions of words or even made up words? Fine. That's what authors (especially poets) do. Shakespeare did it all the time, but I'm not joining the bandwagon on this one. I've had periods of "growth" where there wasn't anything resembling "happiness" anywhere around.

When I hear someone calling themselves a Christian doing something intolerant or stupid. (As you can imagine, I cringe a lot.)

"I'm Feeling Good" Michael Buble. I've posted this one recently, but that's the thing about favorites. :)

Would you care to dance?

Claptrap: showy, insincere, empty talk or writing, intended only to get applause or notice. (Webster's New World College Dictionary, C 2002, p. 270)

So much what we hear today (or even from poets of the past) would qualify as "claptrap." It's one of my favorite words, and I don't think that it's used often enough. ;)