I have lost my smile,
but don't worry.
The dandelion has it.
― Thich Nhat Hanh, Peace Is Every Step
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I want to be happy
I really do
I want to be loved
And hopeful
And content
I want to feel as if I have a reason to be here
As if I have made a difference by my presence
So often I am not happy
Or hopeful, or content
I search for love
And wonder if I have had a positive impact at all
At all
What foolishness
(and arrogance too)
To think this way
It is not my happiness that counts
My satisfaction
It is not about me
It is about us
About you, and I
About all those I know
And those I don’t know
It is about the mountains
And the rivers
The skies
And the rich earth
It is about trees
And flowers
And dandelions
Who wear a Sacred smile
I think it is impossible not to have made a difference, though how it is made astonishes me constantly. This difference one makes deliberately one can see directly, but that other difference one makes simply by stirring and being doesn't seem to follow a linear path or prove cause and effect. It pops up and shouts "surprise"!!
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