Poem: When you're happy and you know it
Trip Start
Sep 03, 2005
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Trip End
Dec 22, 2005
The plane coming home!, United Kingdom
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
When there is nowhere in the world you'd rather be.
When you realize the true value of a smile.
When you see yourself reflected in the eyes of a child.
When you turn away from tradition towards individuality.
When you feel beautiful inside.
When to live is to explore is to enjoy.
When you dance, or sing, or shout, just because you can!
When knowledge is common currency of this land.
When friendship fuels you with unlimited energy,
When passions run wild!
When you breathe in and the world shrinks.
When you breathe out and inflate the world with life.
When you decorate your life through experience, not expenditure.
When the landscape seems painted just for you.
When each blink is a new photograph.
When life changes and it seems the whole world moves just to comfort you.
When decisions derive from excitement and not fear.
When you find the whole universe in a grain of sand.
When a naked heart is insulated by human kindness.
When you listen to your heartbeat and a choir sings.
When interaction is inspiration is innovation...
When every encounter opens a new door.
When it's safe to leave the back door open too.
When you retain the power to change your mind.
When your mind retains the power to change you.
When your past glows behind you like runway lights.
When your future is mapped out by stars in the night sky.
When you're happy and you know it and you clap your hands.
When everyone claps with you,
And for a moment, one happy moment,
the whole world is collected, right there, in the palm of your hand.
