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Inspiration for the Spirit

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Home ▷ Selected Poems ▷ Help Yourself to Happiness

Help Yourself to Happiness

by Helen Steiner Rice

be happyEverybody, everywhere
seeks happiness, it’s true,
But finding it and keeping it
seem difficult to do.

Difficult because we think
that happiness is found
Only in the places
where wealth and fame abound.

And so we go on searching
in palaces of pleasure
Seeking recognition
and monetary treasure,

Unaware that happiness
is just a state of mind
Within the reach of everyone
who takes time to be kind.

For in making others happy
we will be happy, too.
For the happiness you give away
returns to shine on you.

Copyright © Helen Steiner Rice.
“Source” mandala designed by Caroline Hofstede.

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