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WE MAKE OUR HAPPINESS

WE MAKE OUR HAPPINESS:
EVERYDAY IS A TEST:
WE ARE CHALLENGED TO BE OUR BEST:
EVEN WHEN WE FEEL LESS:
HAPPINESS WE CAN MAKE IT:
OR WE CAN BREAK IT:

WE CAN GET UP AND MOVE OR WE CAN JUST SULK AND SIT:
WE MAKE OUR OWN HAPPINESS:
BY BEING OUR ABSOLUTE BEST:
IF YOU LOOSE;
THAT IS UP TO YOU TO CHOOSE:

IF IN A RACE:
YOU FINISH IN LAST PLACE:
IF YOU YOURSELF DID YOUR BEST:
YOUR FINISH IS NO LESS:
EVEN THOUGH YOU DIDNT WIN THE YELLOW MEDAL OF GOLD:
YOU CAN STAND TALL AND BOLD:

WHAT WE PLANT WE WILL HARVEST:
AND HAVE MORE NOT LESS:
THE GOODNESS THAT WE PASS ALONG:
CAN BE AS SIMPLE AS HUMMING A HAPPY SONG:
GIVING SOMEONE A HELPING HAND:
WILL GIVE YOU STRENGTH TO PROUDLY STAND:

BEING COURTEOUS AND KIND:
WILL GENUINELY COMFORT YOU YOU'LL FIND:
WE OURSELF MAKE OUR HAPPINESS:
ON OUR OWN MORE OR LESS:

03 OCTOBER 2000:
JOHN D. JUNGERS


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