I saw a bumper sticker the other day. That’s what it said “Don’t Postpone Joy”. It had fundamentalist Christian written all over it. There wasn’t anything to indicate that really. Just a deep feeling that I was about to be called a heathen or something because that’s the way they always start out… one positive statement followed by two hours of telling you how evil and worthless you are.

But, whatever. After I thought about it for a few minutes, the basic premise is sound. To make it less FC sounding, I’m changing it to Don’t Postpone Happiness. Happiness makes them uncomfortable because it’s almost always something they consider evil that makes us happy. But whatever.

I think if you’re putting off being happy for the sake of something else IMO you’re making a huge mistake.

****UPDATE: Maybe I was wrong about the fundy thing. Feeling a good deal less lazy than usual, I googled “don’t postpone joy” and the first things that came up were two books, one by a psychologist & one by a guy who was in the olympics but is hiv positive, and a bumpersticker that may or may not be the same one I saw by a company that sell “products for progressives since 1979″. Just thought you should know.

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