In pursuit of happiness, I searched far and wide,
traveling the lands for some place it might hide.
Everywhere that I went, no happiness did I see,
others had it all and there was none left for me.
I was running on empty and getting nowhere;
Happiness was somewhere, but it was never there.
Everywhere I went wasn't where it would be;
I didn't want to be anywhere I wasn't happy.
Perhaps this was only a game the others played;
Happiness can't be found, I should have stayed.
After all of these journeys with nothing to find;
It felt like I'd finally gone out of my mind.
It turns out that's exactly where I needed to be,
because happiness was always inside of me.
All of this time I'd been lost in the thought -
that happiness was a thing that should be sought.
Instead of looking outside for where to begin,
the only happiness I've found came from within.