happy sometimes

it's impossible to be
happy
all of the time

and really
it isn't necessary
in fact it isn't even
desirable

you may think to yourself
wouldn't it be nice to be happy always
but

how would you know what happiness is if you didn't experience
sadness sometimes

how would you experience joy if you didn't know what dejection felt like

what would be excitement if nothing were ever
dull

in any case though
whether you want to be happy always or not
you just can't
it's impossible

things will happen in your life that will make you unhappy
sometimes just for a moment
sometimes deeply
profoundly
for what at that time may seem like forever

but nothing is forever
neither happiness nor sadness
nor anything in between

and so
the best we can hope and the most we can strive for
is to be
happy sometimes
and then
when we're happy
to know it
and be grateful for it
and show it
by allowing somebody else
​to be
​happy too

safe enough

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