Happiness is..

There is this happy page on FB, which I follow, where you can define what Happiness is and they post a corresponding cute drawing for you.. Everyone has got different definition/criteria of being happy.. there are so many small small things which make us happy, which might be insignificant/trivial for others. That page always reminds me of this poem, which I came across a year ago, and is stuck on my desk since then..

Happiness is when

you find some rice

in the rice bin you thought was empty

and you know you’re all right for another month

Happiness is when

you’re reading along

aimlessly in a book

and come on someone exactly like yourself

Happiness is when

you’re sick of reading a book

and just then someone with a familiar voice

knocks at your gate

Happiness is when

you’ve got some passage

that is supposed to be so difficult

and all by yourself you figure out the meaning

Happiness is when

sunset finds you in some country temple or mountain village

and they say "Stay the night!"

and you do.

- Tachibana Akemi 

PS: Pardon me for too many poetic posts :P may be its a kind of loss of words :-|