Sometimes nature gives us little glimpses of perfect joy, complete, with no struggle or strain. These can be a beautiful, silent, sunset or the quiet of a hedgehog crossing the road. Time slows down. We know we do not have to add anything to that moment for our happiness to be full. It is in contrast to the pace that sometimes accompanies our working day.
I cannot tell if what the world considers 'happiness'
is happiness or not.
All I know is that when I consider the way they go about attaining it,
I see them carried away headlong, serious and obsessed,
in a general rush,
unable to stop themselves or to change their direction.
And all the while they claim to be
just on the point of attaining happiness....
Chuang-tzu.
