Happiness begins with a smile
and glows around you
It travels through your head
and down your eyes into your soul
where it lights a fire in your heart
and burns like a hot coal fire on a wintry day

It passes from your fingertips
to reach those you touch and embrace
And settles on their body like the warm rays of the sun
and from there it tingles upon the skin
and passes through the skin to the heart

and ignites your soul
and raises your hair
and stretches your skin
and you radiate a glow
as a smile breaks out upon your face
and a tear of happiness glistens from your eye

For Shan in Korea