' A SURE WAY TO A 'HAPPY' DAY'

                                                                                         
 
 
'HAPPINESS' IS SOMETHING
WE CREATE IN OUR MIND,
IT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU SEARCH
FOR
AND SO SELDOM FIND---
 
 
IT'S JUST WALKING UP
AND BEGINNING THE DAY
BY COUNTING OUR BLESSINGS
AND KNEELING TO PRAY---
 
 
IT'S GIVING UP THOUGHTS
AND BREED DISCONTENT
AND ACCEPTING WHAT COMES
AS A GIFT HEAVEN-SENT---
 
 
IT'S GIVING UP WISHING
FOR THINGS WE HAVE NOT
AND MAKING THE BEST OF
WHATEVER WE'VE GOT---
 
 
IT'S KNOWING THAT LIFE
IS DETERMINED FOR US,
AND PURSUING OUR TASKS
WITHOUT FRET, FUME, OR FUSS---
 
 
FOR IT'S BY COMPLETEING
WHAT GOD GIVES US TO DO
THAT WE FIND REAL CONTENTMENT
AND 'HAPPINESS', TOO.
 
 
 
              HAVE A 'HAPPY' DAY. . .
                LOVE,   ~Barbara