HAPPINESS FROM GOD TO MAN


Our happiness doesn’t always depend
On our social standing in life.
Instead good health, with just pursuits
And the love of a child, husband or wife.

Whatever the blessings life may bring,
We gladly clutch despite our desires.
Happiness grows like fruit on the vine,
Unwelcome to be plucked by liars.

We’re never as happy or unhappy,
As we suppose ourselves to be.
Sadly, some live half a lifetime,
Before the light of knowledge we see.

True happiness is a wonderful gift,
A joy of life, from God to man.
Though most fear it can’t last,
We pray to have it, as long as we can.

Happiness helps prolongs our days,
Though most human joys are swift of wing.
Heaven allots how much we’ll have
As of love and deliverance we sing.


By Tom Zart