How to Define Happy

What if happy is not an eventual someday?
What if it's already here, beckoning today?
Is it standing next to you,
As you wait in that busy intersection?
Is it overwhelming you?
Are you starting to question your direction?
Well, what will you do?
What will you do?

Happy are those...
Blessed are those
Who freely receive
And freely believe
There's a truth that soars and transcends
Our futile beginnings and ends.
What if happy is at hand?
What if happy is at hand?

Do you define it as having things and wanting more?
Is it a magical funhouse of pleasures galore?
But what if you've got it wrong,
And it exceeds mere thrill and satisfaction?
Are you lost among the throng?
Are these thoughts a bewildering distraction?
Will you walk away,
Back to the gray?

Happy are those...
Blessed are those
Who freely receive
And freely believe
There's a truth that soars and transcends
Our futile beginnings and ends.
What if happy is at hand?
What if happy is at hand?

I could heed all the naysayers who insist
That happy's a make-believe wishing well
At the end of an unpredictable quest.
I won't feed my fears; I'll resist
The hopelessness they're so quick to sell.
I'm seeking the realm of the happy and blessed.

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Happy are those...
Blessed are those
Who freely receive
And freely believe
There's a truth that soars and transcends
Our futile beginnings and ends.
What if happy is at hand?
What if happy is at hand?

© 2015 David Acosta Perez

Fully Persuaded

Faith is a misty, winding way,
A path for pilgrims seeking light,
Who believe their doubts shall soon surrender to sight.

Hope is a ray beyond the gray,
A marvelous epiphany,
A vision exceeding these temp'ral things I see.

I am fully persuaded; I believe,
And I know that day by day I'll receive
The wondrous gifts the Spirit freely provides.
In the darkest of times I will not fear,
For His lovingkindness is always near.
I am at rest, for with me He abides.

Grace is a patient, faithful guide;
A loyal, benevolent friend
Who has reassured me true love will never end.

Joy is a bright, blue sky inside.
I soar, as I meditate upon
The promises of the omniscient Holy One.

I am fully persuaded; I believe,
And I know that day by day I'll receive
The wondrous gifts the Spirit freely provides.
In the darkest of times I will not fear,
For His lovingkindness is always near.
I am at rest, for with me He abides.

And then...there's...Love
Ageless, unfathomable.
Yes, I really believe in Love,
Infinitely bountiful!

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I am fully persuaded; I believe,
And I know that day by day I'll receive
The wondrous gifts the Spirit freely provides.
In the darkest of times I will not fear,
For His lovingkindness is always near.
I am at rest, for with me He abides.

And I know I will dwell
In the house of the Lord forever...
And I know I will dwell
In the house of the Lord forever... [optional: repeat and fade]


© 2015 David Acosta Perez

Evermore

Did I grow up,
Or did I merely grow older?
Did I shun love,
And in the process grow colder?
Oh, marvelous Light...
Oh, heavenly, glorious Grace...
Hold me through the night,
As you lift me from this mournful place.

Take this wandering heart;
Lead the way,
And I'll follow you 
To your starlit, peaceful shore.
Fill my mind; fill every part,
Lest I stray.
Oh, I long to do
Your will, and love you evermore.

Nothing to hide;
Nothing at all, as I draw near.
I've brought my pride;
I'll lay it down, and I'll wait here.
Oh, marvelous Light
Oh, vision of infinite Love
Be my soul's true sight,
The One my heart's been dreaming of.

Take this wandering heart;
Lead the way,
And I'll follow you 
To your starlit, peaceful shore.
Fill my mind; fill every part,
Lest I stray.
Oh, I long to do
Your will, and love you evermore.

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Sometimes you're clothed in sweet sunlight;
Sometimes you dance in the rain;
Sometimes you're a gust of joy I can'explain.
Sometimes I run, sometimes I fight;
Sometimes I act like a fool.
Sometimes I feel your power, and I know you'll...

Take this wandering heart;
Lead the way,
And I'll follow you 
To your starlit, peaceful shore.
Fill my mind; fill every part,
Lest I stray.
Oh, I long to do
Your will, and love you evermore.



© 2015 David Acosta Perez