if it all falls apart, can it be rebuilt?
better yet, can happiness be had if you let go of all the objects that we fill ourselves with as we grow?
does money buy happiness?
if you are unhappy without, will you be happy with?
if society breaks down, will we?
does time go slower if we focus on it?
do masses amount of information lead us to any result?

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saw a lady whose job was to clean peoples hands as they entered a buffet area on a ship we were taking to alaska recently. she would stand at the entrance of the buffet with a spray bottle of alchol for keeping hands cleaned and repeat, “washy washy, happy happy” as she sprayed passengers hands and sanitized them. she was smiling ear to ear while doing this. happily smiling. it was as real as anything that exist in this world. in this mundane job, she was happier then 99 percent of the ships inhabitants including myself. i do not know how she could be so happy in such a job. perhaps she had come from a dark place, a poor nation as most of the staff of cruise ships come from, or perhaps she was simply having a great day. either way, i felt a bit of envy for the simplicity of her work and the smile that appeared on her face. a smile any soul should yearn for. content at what she was doing, content at her role in the world and with everything happening around her. it reminds me of what one of the richest men in the world declares as the happiest point of his day….

Microsoft founder Bill Gates may be the world’s richest man, but that doesn’t mean he’s above doing the dishes.
In fact, Gates makes time to wash his family’s dirty plates and cups almost every night.
In a Reddit Ask Me Anything in 2014, the billionaire said that he finds the chore enjoyable.
When asked, “What is something you enjoy doing that you think no one would expect from you?” Gates replied, “I do the dishes every night — other people volunteer, but I like the way I do it.”
It’s not just a masochistic quirk of the tech mogul’s. Science suggests he might be onto something.