Yesterday was the spring equinox – we are officially now in springtime!
It was also International Day of Happiness
And today is World Poetry Day
So I thought for this week’s Mental Sunshine I would share a short poem to brighten your day:
And to help embed the habit of happiness
Happy the Man by John Dryden
Happy the man, and happy he alone,
He who can call today his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Be fair or foul or rain or shine
The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine.
Not Heaven itself upon the past has power
But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
I like this poem because it fits with the idea that we have power over our own mood
Right here, right now.
Do you have a favourite poem based on happiness?
One that makes you smile and uplifts your mood?
If you do, I’d love to hear about it!