#find joy

i used to think happiness was found at the peak of a mountain, something I’d only achieve after a lifelong, arduous climb. but when i stopped to catch my breath, that was the moment i found the creek. and i realized happiness was found in the pebbles, each step i took over the water. it wasn’t atop a castle so far away as to be unreachable, unimaginable; it was right where i stood, beneath my feet.