There’s a lot separating us as humans…
like…
borders…
language…
race…
culture…
religion…
politics…
economic status…
anger…
envy…
jealousy…
fear…
and a whole lotta other fucked-up shit (pardon my french).
But one thing we have in common is…
the desire to be HAPPY!
And that has recently been melodically represented in Pharrell’s new super-hit by the same name…
Yesterday I woke up feeling a little blue. Oh yea, I got lots of reasons to feel that way, or at least I can conjure up a few if I strain that muscle hard enough.
But then I stumbled upon an Oprah clip where she’s interviewing Pharrell. They are discussing the phenomenon that has taken place with respect to this song.
That is folks all over the world, getting really friggin happy and making videos of it.
And these videos have become perhaps even more popular than the song itself.
Pharrell’s song has been co-opted by the universe.
Imagine that!
Oprah played a video for Pharrell that was an amalgamation of these happy videos from around the globe…
and Pharrell just broke down, right on the set.
How embarrassing!
That’s what I call…IMPACT!
And why would Pharrell’s tune have had such a reaction?
Because it helps people experience an emotion that we all desire…
happiness!
And not just happiness…but connection too!
I know I felt connected to the crazies in those videos…and it made me happy.
Who doesn’t want to be happy?
Putin perhaps?
The Taliban?
I bet secretly even they couldn’t help but get their groves on a little if ever exposed to Pharrell’s little dose of happiness.
So, I played the song repeatedly throughout the day and man did I ever get happy.
In fact, Pharrell has even created a web site with a 24 hour video of people getting happy.
In this day and age, when you turn on the news and see anything but happiness, what a refreshment this not-so-young-anymore dude has offered to the world.
oh, and I love your cool hats.
So…
Clap along if you feel that happiness is the truth!
Because it is.
Deep down, we all know that.
One of my favorite Happy videos…this one from Slovokia.