You’re Allowed To Be Happy

There’s a so-called self-help expert
who insists
there’s danger
in too much happiness,
too much joy.

The expert is trying
to make people feel guilty
about being happy.
Yeah.
In THIS pandemic
and climate change inflicted
world.

Maybe there is someone
on this planet
who IS ‘suffering’ from
too much joy
but I don’t know
that person.

If you’re happy
(and you’re not hurting
others with the source
of that joy),
embrace that happiness,
protect it,
savor it.

Treat it like the gift
it is.

You’re allowed to be happy.
Finding happiness
should be one of your goals
in life.