My Secret To Happiness

My Secret To Happiness Happiness is special It’s something that can instantly change your feelings When everything around you Seems as if it doesn’t make any sense When you feel down and depressed Just wanting to cry for hours When it seems like things will never get better Just simply thinking of owning your favorite thing Or imagining a successful future Could instantly put a smile on your face All those things could make you happy But deep in your heart You’ll know that isn’t true It will turn into greed No, true happiness is being selfless Giving up your last piece of candy Just to make a toddler smile Finding an orphaned baby bird and using all your allowance So you can care for it until it’s big enough to be set free Or seeing your baby brother take his first steps For me, being truly happy is doing things that will make other people happy And that is the real secret to happiness ~10/17/17