Happiness won’t fall from the sky. A hundred wonders won’t suffice. It comes together bit by bit, From quiet details woven in. When you have strength to live each day, And pain has finally gone away. When all your loved ones are all right, And someone’s there in darkest night. A roof, some bread, a home that’s warm, And work that gives your days their form. Enough money to face each day, Without fear shadowing your way. Happiness is no endless high, A thousand parts within one frame. Our pieces differ, you and I, But what they mean remains the same. Happiness: all that makes you whole, Close by, with no pain taking hold. With strength to face what lies in store, And something still worth living for. When there is time to take things slow, The right to rest and let things go. When you don’t have to do it all, Or save the day when troubles call. Some need the ocean’s open blue. Some need a road, a station, too. Some need a balcony and tea; Some need a day that takes its time. Happiness is no endless high, A thousand parts within one frame. Our pieces differ, you and I, But what they mean remains the same. Happiness: all that makes you whole, Close by, with no pain taking hold. With strength to face what lies in store, And something still worth living for. When one support begins to break, Then everything begins to ache. So many parts make up the whole, And each one serves a common goal. No endless laugh, no endless bliss, No life where nothing goes amiss. What counts is keeping life on track, With nothing there to pull you back. Don’t measure it in goods or gold, In all the things that you can hold. You may hold all the world outside, Yet find there’s only ice inside. You may have little to your name, Yet know where someone’s glad you came. With strength to rise at dawn once more, And know what you are living for. Happiness is no endless high, A thousand parts within one frame. Our pieces differ, you and I, But what they mean remains the same. The details differ; one aim stays: To keep your world whole all your days. With someone, somewhere, reasons why— To want to live tomorrow, too.
