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 The other day was a wonderful day…(I find this is something I often say)

as I woke excited to discover I got to live and breathe another day.

Before I sat down at the computer to put some of my thought into words.

I hung the feeders on the porch and prepared to welcome in the birds.

I rode Deborah’s exercise bike (also on the porch) keeping a watchful eye

on the mountains slowing illuminated by the sun, and the white clouds floating by. 

It had rained the last few evenings…so with the sun now brightening up the day

we walked up roads surrounded by forest…hunting mushrooms along the way.

Our daughter, Ali, texted to wish us a happy anniversary…we smiled at the thought…

because we realized Ali was correct…and our anniversary we both forgot.

So to celebrate our 37 years together…our plans we decided to revise.

We went out for one of our favorite lunches…tuna melts and fries.

On the way back to the cabin…we decided to buy a little cake with a colorful decoration,

We ate it on the porch continuing our anniversary celebration.

We drove to the top of Waterrock Knob 

a drive we’ve been making since we celebrated year one…

there we sat on the top of a mountain and watched the setting sun.

When we returned to the cabin…

as night embraced the mountain and darkness blanketed our eyes 

it was time to take the feeders in then say goodnight to the birds and fireflies.

I was smiling when my head hit the pillow…

knowing the next morning when I wake I’m likely to say…

with that smile still on my face…how yesterday was a wonderful day.

The next morning I hung the bird feeders on the porch…

rode the exercise bike, across the mountains watched the white clouds drift away

and as I listened to a symphony of birds…I wondered

what will happen to make it make a wonderful day

Because even though that day was not our anniversary

after years together….I knew

the surprises that come our way…the mysteries that await us

would make that day…a day full of wonder too.

May we be blessed to be surrounded by those 

who show us love in all they do…

in their smile, their touch, their caress

who just by being a part of our life…

add to our total happiness.

Today I’m grateful for long ago

learning life’s secret code…

How there is no road to happiness…

how happiness…is the road.

May the entire world be blessed to live most of their life

free of heartache, suffering and pain….

and experience moments filled with as much joy and happiness

as baby elephants playing in the rain.

In a world that’s rife with cruelty, hatred and prejudice

may we spread a little joy and love and happiness instead…

because a world that’s rife with cruelty, hatred and prejudice..

needs all the joy and love and happiness we can spread.

I have a confession…which to this poem I shall now bring…

when I think that no one’s listening or watching…I have a tendency to sing.

When I wake up, having a playlist which contains my favorite songs,

I go into the room where I write my poems, turn it on, and sing along.

In my car with the radio blasting…sometimes I fall into a trance

I forget that people might might be watching…as I sing…and often I dance.

When I’m in the shower…or, for that matter, in the rain under an umbrella… 

with no musical accompaniment…I sing acapella.

I never had dreams to be a famous singer…

with all the fame and fortune that would bring

all I know is there are times…when I just have to sing.

I know, for me, there is no better way for my day to start

than with a song upon my lips and music in my heart.

I use to wonder since this clandestine signing is my thing…

if I sing because it makes me happy…

or 

am I happy…and that is why I sing…

Looking back over the years however 

this is the conclusion I have reached…

It isn’t one or the other…

it’s a little bit of each.

May we be blessed to wake up every morning

Smile look out the window and say

I wonder what new and exciting adventure 

is waiting for me today

May we be blessed to understand happiness need not be elusive….

It need not be an ever-exhausting hunt for us….

How…

oftentimes…

if we open our eyes…

It’s right in front of us.

In our constant search for happiness that takes place in our life every day

we tend to look for moments that take our breath away.

But if we only find our happiness in those moments that take our breath away…

we miss all those little moments of happiness that surround us every day.

Like how the the clouds kept changing color and shape 

the other morning on our walk.

Like how we smiled, we cried and we clapped

as we listened to Jane Goodall talk.

Like the little girl in the bookstore who smiled and said,

“Can you guess how old I am?” while looking directly in my eyes…

And how I guessed that she was 7…and it only took me 2 tries.

Like watching people on a hot and humid day come into the store

eating ice cream as they perused the books on every shelf…

and when my shift was over…buying two scoops for myself!

Like getting texts from my son, my daughter and my granddaughter

meant to touch my heart and to amuse….

Like seeing the excitement on Deborah’s face as she tried on her new shoes.

Like how two rabbits, who usually run away when they see me in the morning….

this morning stopped to say hello…

Like how every day, as if my magic, I learn something I didn’t know.

These are just a few simple examples of how before each day is through… 

you don’t have to be searching for happiness….

sometimes happiness finds you.

There is nothing wrong with searching searching for happiness

in those magic moments that take our breath away….

as long as we remember to enjoy those little moments of happiness

we breathe in every day.