flower child n (1967) : a hippie who advocates love, beauty, and peace hippie or hippy [ websters unabridged ] ya person, esp. of the late 1960s, who rejected established institutions and values and sought spontaneity, direct personal relations expressing love, and expanded consciousness, often expressed externally in the wearing of casual, folksy clothing and of beads, headbands, used garments, etc. [ websters ] a person who rejects the mores of established society (as by dressing unconventionally or favoring communal living and advocates a nonviolent ethic; broadly : a long-haired unconventionally dressed young person. [ websters world ] a person who, in a state of alienation from conventional society, turned variously to mysticism, psychedelic drugs, communal living, etc. [ hyperdictionary ] someone who rejects the established culture; advocates extreme liberalism in politics and lifestyle [ wordreference.com ] a person whose behaviour, dress, use of drugs, etc., implied a rejection of conventional values (esp. during the 1960s) [ realdictionary.com ] youth subculture (mostly from the middle class) originating in San Francisco in the 1960s; advocated universal love and peace and communes and long hair and soft drugs; favored acid rock and progressive rock music [ miscellaneous ] a person who believes in peace, love, freedom and happiness. hipster--The word Hippy is very broad and covers many things.-I like the last definition the best. Makes no difference how much you have or don't have or how old you are; but the way you look at life.
I believe in love, peace, freedom and happiness, and I generally reject the mores and standards of society but I do hold down a job and pay rent etc, so maybe I am a HIPPY-critical hippy. I don't dress unconventionally, but maybe I would if I were not in the mainstream of corporate life ... questions, questions... where are the answers...???
-You are doing what the majority of the people of the 60s were doing; which is holding down a job and being self sufficient. Most of the hippy's of that time did just that. It was the minority that were homeless and living on the streets.Alot of us lived in communes with various degrees of success but the working class hippy and college students were the biggest group of people labeled hippy's-There is nothing in anybody's handbook that says a person must suffer to be a truly enlightened person. Why go hungry if you don't have to?-The hippy spirit in you probably allows for friends to crash on the couch or eat over from time to time, The whole thing is attitude and outlook.
