What do we need to be happy?
Is it money, possessions, keeping what we have, or having more?
Is it acknowledgement, recognition, or fame even?
Is it love, admiration, adoration, from one, or many?
Is it fun, enjoyment, laughter, constant entertainment?
Is it a healthy body, that does all we require, painlessly?
Is it pleasure, deep, intimate, or titillating all our senses?
Is it belonging, knowing we are not alone, separate, abandoned?
Is it freedom, liberty, not being bound by others’ rules?
Is it safety, reassurance, the lack of change, or threat or loss?
Is it keeping others safe, who we could not exist without?
Is it success, attaining that to which we have aspired?
Is it found in giving or achieving, something we believe worthwhile?
Is it knowing we will have left behind… something of beauty?
Is it a quiet life, lack of obligation or demand?
What do we need to be happy?
Does it rely on knowing we can keep what we now have?
Does it depend on having what we fear or know we lack?
Does it change according to what we can obtain,
For us, or maybe for the ones we love?
Where is this thing called happiness?
Where can it be found?
And dare we ask the question,
Is there enough to go around?
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