Perhaps Just a Good Start

Hector and the Search for Happiness is a 2014 movie. I made a couple of notes thinking that someday, I would spend some time again with the happiness premise and the search for and definition of the same. 

Guess that’s today. 

In my mind, I had considered some long and protracted examinations resulting in a series of articles. But today, I’m in a mood for short. 

The movie is pretty good in a quirky way, but this is my opinion as apparently not everyone thinks so. But what’s new? So, if you are wandering aimlessly through the world of streaming one of these days, seek this destination and give it a go. 

Since my notes on this movie lacked any resemblance to a list of what made people happy, I looked towards the great and powerful Google for answers and amazingly enough, found one. 

According to Alexandra Funk, these are the lessons that Hector wrote in his notebook: 

Oh, The Noise We Make

If I wanted to start a fight, all I would have to do is walk into a room of people and ask one question. You might think the question would matter greatly. Sadly, it does not. 

Choose a topic, give an opinion, and the room (or your Facebook feed if that’s your venue) will light up with commentary, some of which will be quite unpleasant.

There was once a time when "debate" was a thing. It seemed to be a civilized way to manage differing viewpoints while taking time to listen to the other side. If it was a formal debate, the Affirmative and the Negative propositions were researched prior to the event. Each side presented their case without interruption, counterarguments were delivered, and a summation statement from each closed the debate.