3,890 Tigers

It is not "the secret to happiness",

it is that happiness; is the secret.

Happiness is the true human superpower.

Sure, we can push through anything,

and adapt to everything.

But, in happiness,

our might multiples to no end.

And happiness can't be faked,

happiness depends on authenticity.

I think it is the key to learning,

adventuring, exploring, and discovering.

It is the key to invention, to creativity,

to becoming a force of nature.

Happiness puts us up,

on the highest of levels of existence.

Right up there with distant supernoveae,

quasars, neutron stars, and stellar nurseries.

On par with the Universe,

contributing something the quarks and quasars can't.

I am certain, we only have one flaw,

just a small stupid mistake

One that that can be easily avoided,

so as long as we remind each other about it.

We accept what we are born into as a standard,

and along with it we accepts the false leaders as well.

If the culture and its leaders are headed for a black hole,

we have an overwhelming tendency to blindly follow.

We have to grab each other, with Art, Music, Poetry,

with Doodles and Graffiti, Hugging, Shouting, and Howling.

Grab each other by the ears and whisper,

whilst gently rocking the head in every direction.

"Do not go gentle into that good night,

rage, rage, against the dying of light."

And when we snap out of that gravitational pull,

we must begin our journey up, all the way up.

Nobody knows,

what comes first.

Healing, Leadership.

Love of Live, Joy of Being,

Love, Happiness, Wisdom,

Greatness, Enlightenment.

Authenticity, Dignity, Nobility,

Courage, Valor, Honor, Heroism.

Adventure, Content of Character, Strength and Unbreakability,

Fortitude, Foresight, Understanding, Insight.

Creativity, Invention,

Dance and Rebellion.

I suppose no one knows which comes first because it all comes at once,

all of those marvels are one, indivisible, part of Being Human.

We must avoid what Dear Sir Ken Robinson refereed to as,

Taking Things for Granted.

We must avoid assuming that something is true,

without thinking about it, without questioning it.

We must resist self-indoctrination into cultures,

that we are merely born into.

Only when we break away from that dark thoughtless path,

will we be able to freely grow and rise up.

Only on our way up,

will we find Happiness, and the other Marvels.

And although this century will be a challenging one,

when we face it upright.

Enabled by the marvels that makes us Human, and on par with the universe,

we will rise, and learn, and become wiser for it.

We have lost ten tigers, in recent weeks,

we are down to 3890 tigers.

The Tragedy of the Big Pussy Cats,

is one way, that the universe is helping us rise.

Remember, first you must learn to resist indoctrination,

resist taking things for granted, resist following leaders you don't know,

resist the fallacy of choosing the lesser evil.

And second, you must take to books,

self educate by falling in love with Humanity's most celebrated works.

With each step upwards towards becoming a great being,

you will gain more and more abilities.

And third, Educated Humanity,

is a United Humanity.

To repeat one of the quotes by Robert Ardrey that Sir Ken Robinson was fond of,

"...We were born of risen apes, not fallen angels,

The miracle of man is not how far he has sunk

but how magnificently he has risen.

We are known among the stars by our poems..."