Post by MIRIAM JACOB on Oct 30, 2007 1:35:56 GMT -5
A SURE WAY TO A HAPPY DAY
Happiness is something
we create in our mind,
its not something you search
for and so seldom find-
It's just waking up
and beginning the day
By counting our blessings
and kneeling to pray-
It's giving up thoughts
that breed discontents
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 completing
what God gives us to do
That we find and contentment
and happiness too.
- Helen Steiner Rice
Happiness is something
we create in our mind,
its not something you search
for and so seldom find-
It's just waking up
and beginning the day
By counting our blessings
and kneeling to pray-
It's giving up thoughts
that breed discontents
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 completing
what God gives us to do
That we find and contentment
and happiness too.
- Helen Steiner Rice