Put on a happy face...

Joy is every step I take in peace and harmony.

My heart is a shining morning sun in a blue sky.

Every flower smiles with me and the trees all wave.

How green is everything at peace, how fresh the breeze,

And and how sweet smelling is the gentle afternoon rain,

That clears the dust from the endless path and renders it

A joy from one beginning to the next without end.

The present moment is the only moment there is to be alive,

And so happiness is possible only in the present moment.

We can't be happy again yesterday because yesterday is gone.

We can't be happy tomorrow until tomorrow comes.

This is the day the Lord has made for us to be happy.

Happy is as happy does so wake up and be happy.

The best way to help yourself is to help others,

And the first step to helping others is a happy face.

Teach yourself to smile and then teach the rest.

A happy face is not the face of a grinning pumpkin,

It is not like an Internet "smiley" either.

A happy face is an unworried brow, a twinkle in the eyes,

And a hint of a smile like the Mona Lisa.

How does one put a twinkle in the eyes?

By thinking twinkle thoughts, of course,

Like peace on earth and goodwill to everyone. 

When we wear a happy face we show a happy heart.

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In the blink of an eye...

Through the mystery of poetry one can encompass

The vast universe within the scope of an epigram.

In the frenzied pace of this unfamiliar "new normal,"

We need to aim for the highest concentration of thought,

In the topology of nodes and edges, links and vertices,

The quantum connectedness beyond time and space.

In the "blink of an eye," as it were, a single phrase

Must carry the whole weight of an entire paragraph.

In quantum thought a nanosecond is the new paradigm.

We didn't even see it coming, but we sure do feel it.

Thought must now travel even faster than light.

A mere symbol must serve in place of a chapter.

Four symbols together will tell a complete story.

We must familiarize with the future, not the past

And defamiliarize with the past and then let go. 

It is no longer necessary for history to repeat.

There are too many bright futures to choose from.

Do not tax your life with forethought of grief.

Live your life expecting happiness and peace.

Go beyond the suffocating bondage of normal.

The path to gold is not at the rainbow's end.

The bits of gold are scattered along the way.

We won't need gold where we want to end up.

Life itself is part of our eventual destination.

Just follow the light of Divine Providence. 

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