Happiness Comes from Choosing Happiness

Music: Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der von uns den Gottes Zorn wandt (BWV 665). By J.S. Bach. Sequenced by Margareth Greentree at Kunst der Fuge.

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Happiness comes from choosing happiness, As love's the consequence of choosing love. Perhaps all angels shall the weaker prove, Pinned by those whose fortunes they must bless. Yet some must make their choice under duress, Salvaging the unspent sweetness of Each moment that across their sea might move, Vivid in the wake of its caress. Endurance is no name for an embrace, Nor is one's joy much kindled by one's fury. There is but death and illness in the offing; Eventually, all life ends in pain. Even so, love touches life with grace, Not vested in the verdict of the jury, Transforming what would else have little meaning, Happily engaged again, again.