Recognizing Happiness
Don’t forget to know it
while we are still happy;
A memory is not the same
as knowing the moment.
      How can we be aware
that life is not a dream?
Can an illusive thing,
like happiness, exist
within our consciousness?
      Nothing but reflection
can we know of the moon
but it is effective.
      May our happiness shine
as reflection of love.

      Walt Abbott–11-15-08