Awareness: the Visage of Happiness

(Found here)

If happiness comes to me,

I thank it*;

Even if misfortune comes to me,

I thank it*.

Happiness comes once from outside,

Once from inside.

Our door to happiness

Opens from outside

But also from inside.

When I’m happy,

I warmly cherish the sunlight of today;

When I’m misfortunate,

I cherish the stars of tomorrow.

Like this, the breath of my continuance

Is inhaled from outside and

Exhaled from inside.

Like this, the ocean of my continuance

Rolls ceaselessly, ceaselessly,

Becoming high tide and

Becoming low tide!

~Kim Hyunseung  (Translated by Jido Ahn)

* “it” could also be translated as “Him” to refer to God