There are multiple ways

of looking at the world,

you can see all the things you dislike

& wish they were different,

you can see all the things you like

& whisper a prayer of thanks,

or you can just look at everything & laugh at it all

because laughter makes the heart light & belly happy.

If you laugh often enough

(usually silently inside with but a wry smile on your face),

the good & the bad,

the likes & the dislikes,

sometimes disappear,

or at least become fainter & fainter

until they are almost not visible,

& everything becomes simply,

what it is,

like art,

a painting splashed on canvas,

a melody singing a song,

& you become a dancer

& it all appears --

delightful.

Those are precious moments.

The quiet dance of joy.