Thursday, 3 November 2011

the pursuit of happiness

if we should sit still
quiet and waiting
would it find us
or is it necessary
to charge around
seeking and demanding
the fulfilment of dreams
in pursuit of happiness

reach for happiness
and it will evade you
clasp it selfishly
it will disappear
like mist before the sun
happiness is a master
of the unexpected
connecting the unconnected

a thought, a word
a memory of yesterday
a hope for tomorrow
and we are there
emeshed in joyful anticipation
found amongst the simplest things
not when we are searching
but when we are not


Copyright © 2011 by Eryll Oellermann

1 comment:

  1. Loved this! So true how happiness is right in front of us, but we're too busy searching and searching for other things, that we miss it. It is not until we stop and look at what has been there all along, that happiness comes.

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