On the "Key to Happiness". . . . . 
There is a word in Webster's
that's called "appreciation".
Its "meaning" always connotes
a mental "excitation".
But, there is yet another "word
which everyone should treasure,
For it's the one that blossoms forth
when one "appreciates a Pleasure".
Of course, a "pleasure" may be any-thing
in the range of A through Z;
'Cause it's "different strokes" for different folks
(both in "kind" AND in "degree").
As to the search for "different" pleasures
(which has so many on the run),
Some INSIST we've "missed the boat"
by not joining in the fun.
BUT ----- as one pursues exotic "wants"
(and this becomes a "way of life"),
The thought: "YOU have -- while I have not"
is sufficient cause for strife.
SO, (we think) the "quest of pleasure"
is NOT the thought to stress, when
Appreciating pleasures one has NOW
is a "key" to HAPPINESS !!!.
My turn ?? (to add some comments???)
IF appreciating pleasures one has now
is a "key" to Happiness -----
then might it also be said, appreciating
pleasures that one HAS NOT --
is a "key" to UN-Happiness ???
There is also a "neat twist" to all of the above (IF one "appreciates" such
things). I'm going to leave it up to YOU to figure out the logic sequence
relative to "non-pleasures".
( final comment )
One's own creative potential
-- and the "dreams"
that one
can create as a result of that "potential" --
are two of a Special Person's
greatest "treasures".
"Appreciation" of these "treasures" is a "key" to the
"degree of happiness"
experienced by each individual during the course of living.
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