I sit in my chair

cozy under blanket

window open

air floating in

I breathe

I think

Where does happiness come from?

Outside? clearly not,

well sometimes,

but it is fleeting,

this we know.

Inside? this is where

the jewel awakens--

zoom away (not on your computer!)

but in your mind--

to that distant place of origin

where nothing became something,

rest there a bit

& you will see

my dear dear voyager--

there is so much beauty

inside the tears,

inside the sorrows & troubles & frustrations & exasperations--

there is the seed of joy

& its name is Life.