I see you there, Happiness. Your unyielding spirit, exasperating charm. Day after day you taunt nameless frowns. Making them use all of their muscles against you, as you bend them with your imagination and telepathic sweet nothings. Like toilet paper stuck to the bottom of my gum stricken shoe, you follow me around, my white shadow flapping excitedly in the blunder of my trail. Only our connection doesn’t always seem as strong as the impact of an accidental collision between soul and sticky substance.
I see you there, entertaining friends with smiles and endless laughter. Not all appreciate the rose scented flow of good feelings, the uplifting, fuzzy, warm stomach sensation you give. Moods changed and days corrected, all because of your selfless nature and caring aura. How, Happiness, I wish I could be like you. Never affected by the everyday drama that life brings. Always excited and smiling, always ready to make others feel the same, always considerately patient with people who don’t catch on quickly to your mysteriously positive adjustments. Breathing you in each day and exhaling only to breathe in a newer, fresher you moments later. I recognize your presence, the people whose lives you have touched and the ones that are continuously in play.
I see you there, Happiness. You are my shadow, my friend, and my aspiration. Never leaving my side, never letting me down. I’ll always see you there, Happiness, and pass you on to others.