The future king
 and queen of England, now the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge, have gone on a trip to Bhutan.  Their hosts are the young King and Queen of Bhutan.  Perhaps the world will take notice that Bhutan’s first and most important goal for the people of the country is happiness…  No Joke.  I haven’t been to Bhutan personally, but I know some people who have been there; and happiness is taken seriously.  I haven’t asked Peg Ross for permission to use her as an individual who has been to Bhutan, has worked there, and who is a good example of someone who fits the image of “happy person.” 

In a troubled world, a world that has been and continues to focus on material goals rather than something like happiness, perhaps it is time to refocus.  Today as Margaret and I walked around the hotel where we are staying in Berlin, we came across little sidewalk markers in front of houses where people were taken away to concentration camps by the Nazi.  They were killed because they were considered undesirables… because of their religion, their ethnic or racial origins, or their sexual orientation… Enough already.