Just around the corner.

I come closest to stopping time. When I am happy.  Because then I am in no hurry to get on to the next moment. Better to stop. And savor the happiness. Making it linger. Because the next moment may bring sadness. But I don’t stop. Because I am greedy. I want another and another and another. Of everything that brings me happiness. I can’t settle for one thing. Inevitably. In grasping for more precious moments, I stumble on a disaster. That’s the nature of life. One can’t be protected from everything. All I know. Is to keep looking. And sooner or later, I’ll always find true love and true happiness. Just around the corner. –Jim Broede