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Hi Everyone, Join in on the fun! This next Monday night at 8pm ET. I'll be presenting on the the topic: "What do happy people do?" Open to forum members. Let me know here in this thread if you need the Zoom link. We'll go for about an hour. If you like, you are welcome to sip on a beverage of your choice during the meeting. (fyi - Cassius will be attending and will help guide the philosophy discussion, and keep us all on the right Epicurean track).

Just a reminder: Tomorrow night is First Monday Epicurean Happy Hour! 8pm ET Super excited...I'll be doing a short presentation, which will touch on "What do happy people do?" But of course we can't say the word "happy" (or happiness) without diving into the meaning of it (perhaps it will be part of the follow up discussion). I'll be combining some findings on modern positive psychology together with Epicurean text. And remember you can...byob - bring your own beverage, lol Meeting is open to fo…

There is a strong thunderstorm on its way, and just in case I can't present tonight during our Happy Hour Zoom, here are some slides:

Godfrey Thanks for let us know! I'll post the text of my presentation after the meeting (it is about 5 minutes long). Hopefully the power will stay on tonight (thunderstorm rolling in with a potential for high winds).

Here is the text of the presentation I gave this evening: What do Happy People Do? Vatican Saying 14 says: "We are born only once and cannot be born twice, and must forever live no more. You don't control tomorrow, yet you postpone joy. Life is ruined by putting things off, and each of us dies without truly living." This brings up the idea of "carpe diem", since it reminds us not to postpone joy. But I don't think that this is the kind of carpe diem mentality that simply reminds us that we bette…