Happiness

It's that feeling of elation when you are finally able to claim the fact that you have a masters' degree
It's that feeling of satisfaction when you finally close the last page on a quintology that had your heart racing throughout its thousand pages
It's that feeling of peace as that heavenly expensive dice set you bought rolls from your hand and gains you a critical success
It's that feeling of marvel as you watch the children finally understand what the difference between a noun and a verb is
It's that feeling of wonder as you watch a tree's leaf begin to turn brown and tight, wrinkling as the season's sun is stolen away
It's that feeling of joy as you watch a child smile at you after you have shown them a world they never knew existed
It's that feeling of love that you feel between the story of two people who have been searching all their lives for someone, and only just found each other in their sixties
It's that feeling of devotion as you cling to your husband's hand through the night, knowing that for any nightmare you have he will be there
It's that feeling of pride as your close friend gets that job she deserves despite all the other mistakes, trials and errors
It's that feeling of amazement as you find that missing chapter of the bool you are writing that essentially was the core of all the action
It's that feeling of acceptance as you understand that though life is not perfect, you have gotten far with what you were given
It's that feeling of hope that you feel when you are told that it was not your fault, that you could not have done anything more to make the job last longer
It's that feeling of goodness as you realise God was watching you all along, and he's been there since the beginning
It's that feeling, that, as you read of their death, and though you knew them so little and so long ago, that you were part of their lives
It's that feeling
And that feeling only
That is needed to make life worth it all