“I used to float along in all of this, like a leaf on a coursing stream, but i am heavier now, less easily moved, more resolute and steadfast. I am no longer in pursuit of happiness. As I stand here at my front door, key in hand, I think it is just possible that happiness, at least for now, today, this hour, may be in pursuit of me.”
“I used to walk like a giant on the land. Now I feel like a leaf floating in a stream”
“I am completely happy. My sister is here, and because my sister is here I am somehow more me.”
“I look older. Maybe it's the short hair or maybe it's just that I wear all that has happened like a mask. Either way, I always thought I would be happy when I stopped looking like a child. But all I feel is a lump in my throat. I am no longer the daughter my parents knew. They will never know me as I am now.”
“Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”
“I'm not in pursuit of happiness, I'm happiness in pursuit; ready to happen everywhere I go.”