While I was taking me early evening pleasure with a glass of fine 12 year old Irish Whiskey, I was having an expressive discourse on Community Planning with a fellow Businessman and community activist.
We began to converse on the subject of why the good folks of our small town of Allyn, in the great State of Washington, were always trying to reinvent itself.
You hear them declare "We must plan for new roads...a new proposal for land use and zoning...need a study for this and that...the county should pay for it...and so on and so on."
After a lively exchange of vocalizing our trepidation on Community Planning, we asked ourselves "What's the deal with all this anxiety to always toil to do something new"? "Why can't we just be content with what we have"?
As I savored more of the fresh and zesty taste of the 12 year Irish Whiskey, I inquired of my colleague "and how might we achieve this Happy State (which by the way, we both had already attained))?"
His statement was simple "Just be Happy!"
He continued on "Look what we here, a beautiful saltwater park, stunning views of the Olympic Mountains and Mt. Rainier and the 27 hole golf course we are now over looking. What more do you want. Does this not make us Happy?"
With that easily agreed to, we made a toast and proclaimed that our small town shall be forever known as "Happy Allyn".
Now that you have read my little tale, what makes your community a Happy Place?
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