If Happiness
If happiness means a child finding joy in his first ever toy, seeing it with those big eyes full of interest, his hands playfully discovering every intricate detail, tearing it apart as if there was more inside, then that is it. If happiness means an old woman appreciating a boy offering his seat for her inside a bus, sitting down with relief from her pain caused by age, resting and taking a short nap before her stop, then that is it. If happiness is seeing your parents hold hands after 50 years, witnessing the love in their eyes, feeling the warmth and the crisp in the air even though they're wrinkled and grey-haired, then that is it. If happiness is giving your dog a bath on a sunny Saturday afternoon, turning your head because it is ready to shake the water off its fur, soap and shampoo in hand, then that is it. If happiness is watching a morning cartoon, all curled up under the sheets while eating a cereal bowl of Froot Loops, then that is it. If happiness is feeling the warmth of a bonfire amidst the beach at night, hanging out with friends, getting drunk and waking up like a married man, then that is it. If happiness is as intoxicating as a cig, or a bottle of beer you're system's been used to and looks for, or mango crepe that you just can't get tired of eating, then that is it. If happiness is the nostalgic effect of pictures and photographs, memories glued and made beautiful under a frame, then that is it. If happiness is the first time you see a rainbow in the sky, making sure that all the colors are present in it, wondering if there is a pot of gold in the end, then that is it. If happiness is cracking up so hard after the best joke ever told, smiling afterwards and giving the most life-encapsulating sigh thereafter, then that is it. If happiness is smirking at someone else's weird gesture, sleeping or eating habits, or grinning at witnessing the most oddball thing ever, then that is it. If happiness is spending time with the poor in a day of solidarity, sharing with them your knowledge and a can of sardines, and partaking in their daily struggle, then that is it. If happiness is the warmth that envelopes a family during Christmas, New Year, or the sight of the big turkey on Thanksgiving Day, then that is is. If happiness is as invigorating as the scent of the ocean breeze, feeling the fine sand in your hands, and squinting at the sun's great rays, then that is it. If happiness is lying underneath the stars, observing the vastness of the skies, and admiring the greatest artwork God has ever made, then that is is. If happiness is the solace that prayer brings, the answer to all questions, the call from God, then that is it. If happiness is the beauty of life mixed with the perfect songs the ear could never get tired of hearing, then that is it. If happiness is the feeling of assurance, protection, and guidance from all the evils in the world, then that is it. If happiness is the sky perfectly divided into two separate planes of white and blue, then that is it. If happiness is the escape from everything gone wrong, is the miraculous healing a dying person is in need of, is the music that plays out of nowhere, is the most pleasant aura one could take notice of, then that is it. If happiness is a skipping heartbeat, the jump in my bubbly toes when I hear your voice, the smile I can't erase from my face, and the playing of the fingers that give moments of bliss, then that is it.
If happiness is all this and all there is, then that is what I feel for you. That is how I feel when with you. I love you.
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