If Happiness

a Verse in 10 lines

If Happiness be a pursuit,

as penned John Locke,

and Jefferson declared,

Can it ever and truly,

 be so obtained?

And if it can,

and the pursuit is done,

by what manner,

and by what means,

is it so sustained?

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Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

Happiness is fleeting. You find it in the smallest things in life. What's more you have to find your own happiness. It can't be bought or borrowed. Thoughtful poem. Lots of small bits of happiness can certainly change an outlook for the better. Can it be sustained :) Nothing lasts forever.

Chris

[Dylan Macadham]

Hi Chris ...
I think happiness is contentment,
and contentment is mind-equilibrium, read moreHi Chris ...
I think happiness is contentment,
and contentment is mind-equilibrium,
and mind-equilibrium is worry and hope in balance ... fleeting, as you say :)
Dylan

[John the Baptist]

The happiness of the world cannot be sustained. The depreciation principle undermines it every time. Or, in plainer speech, familiarity breeds contempt.