I offer a sincere thank you to my friend Bernice who shared
with me that the United Nations has declared today, March 20th, International
Happiness Day.
Here is what I found about it on Wikipedia:
The International
Day of Happiness is celebrated worldwide every March 20, and was
conceptualized and founded by philanthropist, activist, statesman, and
prominent United Nations special advisor Jayme Illien to
inspire, mobilize, and advance the global happiness movement.
In
2011, Illien brought the idea and concept of creating a new global day of
awareness, the International Day of Happiness, to senior United
Nations Officials.
Illien
successfully campaigned to unite a global coalition of all 193 United
Nations member states, and secured
the endorsement of then Secretary-General of the United
Nations, Ban Ki moon, to support the concept of
establishing a new official international UN calendar
day of observance known as the International Day of Happiness.
Illien
authored UN resolution
66/281 ”International Day of Happiness”, which was ultimately
adopted by the unanimous consensus of all 193 UN member states of the United Nations General Assembly on
June 28, 2012. Jayme Illien chose March 20 for its significance as the
March equinox,
a universal phenomenon felt simultaneously by all of humankind, and which
occurs the moment when the plane of Earth's equator passes
through the center of the Sun's disk.
It is unfortunate that the United Nations cannot do more to
ensure happiness of people around the world than to call for it on just one day
out of the 365 we have every year. Call me naïve, call me a cockeyed optimist,
but why is not possible for all the people in all the countries on the planet
to find some happiness every day?
If only…but meanwhile, I am going to try not to worry and
just be happy today. It’s not so simple with this blizzard heading our way, but
I will give it my best.
Love,
Rebecca
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