Ah, is this not happiness
April 27th, 2004
The Idler invites submissions on happiness, after the style of Chin’s Thirty Three Happy Moments:
Chin Shengt’an was a 17th century playwright who once found himself stranded with a friend in a temple for ten days because of a rainstorm. While thus secluded, the pair compiled a list of the truly happy moments in life.
My favourite submission:
To walk round Safeway and find that everything you intended to buy is on special offer. Ah is this not happiness?