Where Joy Finds Me

Life is a tapestry of surprises,

threads of the unknown woven into ordinary days.

Still, I hold on to the golden parts

the laughter, the warmth, the quiet smiles that stay a little longer than expected.

They say you have to create your own happiness.

but I have learned that happiness is also something you can witness.

Sometimes it lives in someone else’s joy,

and somehow, that becomes enough to light my own heart.

There are days when hope feels distant,

when the sky inside me is heavy and gray.

and then, without warning,

something shifts.

As if the universe leaned in close, heard my silent plea,

and gently placed help along my path.

People come into my life like seasons,

some only pass through.

Yet they leave color behind.

Even the briefest souls can change a story,

can touch a heart.

can remind you that you are not walking alone.

So I choose to live here, in the now.

in this breath, this moment, this becoming.

I am learning to love the skin I live in,

to be grateful for every soul I meet,

trusting that no encounter is ever by accident.

Everything arrives with meaning.

Everyone carries a lesson, a blessing, or a mirror.

And in the middle of it all,

through the mystery and the magic,

I am happy.