The Art of Happiness

Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Balnarring driveway ~
Sunday Scribblings prompt ~ Happy Ending
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Just a quiet walk around quiet streets
Can be a perfect way
To let happiness filter
Gently
Into a weary spirit
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An open driveway
Offering a glimpse of other lives
Lets the mind wander
Magical stories
Of what could be ~
Sedating one reality
With a breath of hope
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ Golds in a winter garden
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And radiant golds
Flowering bold
In a winter garden
Keep the sun alive
When the spirit feels grey
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Happiness
Is the art of
Wanting to find
Not a happy ending
But
A happy beginning
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Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ More Golds
~For another perspective on what happiness is all about, see Happiness is on my AuraGem Songlines

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Happiness is a strange country

Pic on Flickr by Gemma Wiseman ~ Verandah ornaments 2
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Two for Tuesdays prompt ~ Happiness and/or complacency
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Happiness is keeping your eyes closed
And seeing what you want to see ~
Or is that blind complacency?
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Happiness is keeping a smile on your face ~
Or is that smug complacency?
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Happiness is staying calm, controlled
Centred
While storms rage wild around you ~
Or is that foolish complacency?
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Happiness is being content with what you have ~
Or is that complacency without a dream?
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Perhaps happiness is revelling in the smile of another
Floating in a sense of contentment
And then realising
This is a fleeting moment
That sparks a vision
Of finding some happiness
Somewhere
Again
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Or is that
Dogged
Determined
Complacency?
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Happiness could be like
The joy of a glorious sunrise
That must
Naturally
Move on
To the weathers
And seasons of day
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Happiness could be
The art of being broken
On the outside
But never being beaten
On the inside
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Balance
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Perhaps
Happiness is
The light
And complacency is
The shadow
Of all that we are
Or could be
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It seems
Happiness is a paradox
Requiring skilled labour
And complacency is a hyperbole
Requiring little more than
A mask
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