Beautiful Poetry

We hold these truths to be self-evident:
that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator
with certain unalienable rights,
that among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness.
 
Thomas Jefferson“The Declaration of Independence”

Swinging to me personifies the meaning of happiness.
It’s the everyday simple pleasures unencumbered with
fleeting moments of freedom that I treasure the most.

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Beautiful Random Moments of Happiness

I love these vintage black and white photos. They capture a sense of random happiness, something we have all too little of in the world. They act as a visual antidote to the seemingly endless litany of bad news all around.

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Children Watching St. George Slay the Dragon at the Puppet Theater in the Tuileries, Paris, 1963.
Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt

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Paris, 1989. Time Magazine

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Parisian Boy, 1952. Courtesy of Taschen

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University of Michigan Drum Major, 1950
Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt