QUOTE : If it is your nature<br />to be happy<br />you will swim away along the soft trails<br /><br />for hours, your imagination<br />alighting everywhere.<br />And if your spirit<br />carries within it<br /><br />the thorn<br />that is heavier than lead —<br />if it’s all you can do<br />to keep on trudging —<br /><br />there is still<br />somewhere deep within you<br />a beast shouting that the earth<br />is exactly what it wanted —<br /><br />each pond with its blazing lilies<br />is a prayer heard and answered<br />lavishly,<br />every morning,<br /><br />whether or not<br />you have ever dared to be happy,<br />whether or not<br />you have ever dared to pray.