Contentment is Underrated

Lisa C Hannon
Nov 2 · 5 min read
Photo by Park Street on Unsplash

I listened to the chancellor of a university speak yesterday, and she said, understandably enough, that achieving the American dream was obtainable through higher education. But then she said that achieving that dream was the key to happiness, and that the right to that happiness is enshrined in the Declaration of Independence.

Actually, the phrasing from the Declaration is that among the rights they’re positing are…

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Lisa C Hannon

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Lisa writes grants, and has three books up on Amazon. Words matter, and she proves it… so now she finally calls herself a writer. Among other things.

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