THE TURTLES - SO HAPPY TOGETHER!!

The Bible and Happiness

Proverbs 15:13

“A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.” The Good News: If you feel happy on the inside, your cheerful soul will be reflected on the outside. But if you let sorrow consume your heart, then that joyful soul becomes lost.

Philippians 4:4

Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

Soviet-Era Social Security and Welfare

The "social umbrella" of the Soviet Union's socialist system nominally guaranteed all citizens employment, health care, child care, pensions, and universal, high-quality education. It guaranteed everybody food, housing and social benefits and ate up as much as 30 percent of the national budget. The benefits were especially good for people who worked directly for the state. Many people have held on to low-paying government jobs since the collapse of Communism not so much for the salaries but for the benefits.

The cradle-to-grave social security system of the state provided free education, low-rent housing, after school recreation; guaranteed lifetime jobs, pensions, worker's holiday camps and free medical and dental care. Women were given a year's paid maternity leave, access to free day-care centers and free abortion on demand.

The government subsidized theaters and concerts; factories and hospitals organize tours and trips and provided workers with homes, kindergartens, sports stadiums, holiday centers, summer camps for children, cultural centers, sports facilities, and rest and rehabilitation spas with whirlpool baths, massages, bee-sting acupuncture, oxygen cocktails, and drinks enriched with glucose, vitamins and pure oxygen. Private charity was forbidden in the Soviet Union because the state was supposed to be able to meet all the workers needs.

The Rain, The Park & Other Things

Humans are apes

Ape: Any of various tailless Old World primates of the superfamily Hominoidea, including the gibbons, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans.

Knowledge

"Knowledge or wisdom is their only God through which man will become God." 

Government exists to serve the people

Written in 1787, ratified in 1788, and in operation since 1789, the United States Constitution is the world's longest surviving written charter of government. Its first three words – “We The People” – affirm that the government of the United States exists to serve its citizens.  

Ecclesiastes 3:12-22

I perceived that there is nothing better for them than to be joyful and to do good as long as they live.

Hello world, hear the song that we're singin'
Come on, get happy
A whole lotta lovin' is what we'll be bringin'
We'll make you happy

We had a dream we'd go travelin' together
And spread a little lovin', then we'll keep movin' on
Somethin' always happens whenever we're together
We get a happy feelin' when we're singin' a song

Travelin' along, there's a song that we're singin'
Come on, get happy
A whole lotta lovin' is what we'll be bringin'
We'll make you happy
We'll make you happy
We'll make you happy...

Scribe: A person who copies documents, a person who made handwritten copies before the invention of printing.

Lying down meditation

At least i'm not missing a limb

Ask the Rabbi

Ask the Rabbi: https://www.chabad.org/asktherabbi/default_cdo/jewish/Ask-the-Rabbi.htm

Drinking water flushes toxins from your body

The kidneys use water to get rid of waste from your body. When you drink enough water your kidneys will have the amount of fluid they need to do their job properly. If the body does not have sufficient water, then waste will not be removed.

A Monk Lived for 82 Years Without Seeing A Woman

Society

We learn from each other but it is not good to do everything society does.