One Happiness Scatters a Thousand Sorrows

In the words of Siddharthe Guatama, "Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others."  This was an "aha" moment for  me.  That is why when I am doing something that I think no one is going to benefit from, or even appreciate for that matter, I find myself, well, feeling unhappy.

It makes me happy to when I think that someone benefits from something I have done or some words I have spoken on paper or in person.  It is that connection.  It is the feeling that I may have made a difference...even only a temporary one.  That is happiness.  Consider the words of the song by Donovan:

"Happiness runs in a circular motion,
Falters like a little boat upon the sea.
All our souls are deeper than you can see,
You can have everyting if you let yourself be.
Everybody is a part of anything, anyway,
You can have everyting if you let yourself be"

This must be one of the keys to happiness.  What goes round comes round.  Or, as that old Golden Rule says, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto to you."  This is, I would venture to say, is why words are indeed "things".  They have gravitas.  They have meaning.  When you share them, you are sharing yourself.  And when someone is the better for it and you feel like a better person.  And that, my friend, is the definition of happiness.