{"id":31208,"date":"2021-03-20T11:52:59","date_gmt":"2021-03-20T11:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/?p=31208"},"modified":"2021-03-20T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-20T11:54:00","slug":"better-than-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/2021\/03\/20\/better-than-happy\/","title":{"rendered":"Better than happy."},"content":{"rendered":"
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I am not happy.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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Happy is\u2026 bright balloons.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I am complete.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Like a figure in a breathtaking work of art.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s not excitement, nor spectacular.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s not grand.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It is small, AND big.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It is just here, being here.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It is like being held by life.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Rocked, gently.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Like a tiny, absentminded smile.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Who knew that there\u2019s a place beyond happiness, or before happiness, or around happiness?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Where being happy is still a possibility.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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An option.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Where everything is just\u2026 everything.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Balloons, bears, bugs, burnt toast.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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This is the most beautiful second ever.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s unique.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s complete.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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And it will never happen again.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I am sorry, very sorry.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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But I just feel so good.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Not happy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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It\u2019s better.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Better than happy.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Not spectacular, or grand.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The best normal ever.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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—<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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(Photo by @floriandeg, for Unsplash)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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I am not happy. Happy is\u2026 bright balloons. I am complete. Like a figure in a breathtaking work of art. It\u2019s not excitement, nor spectacular. It\u2019s not grand. It is small, AND big. It is just here, being here. It is like being held by life. Rocked, gently. Like a tiny, absentminded smile. Who knew […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":31209,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[97,117,100,105,116,113,103],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31208"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31211,"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31208\/revisions\/31211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marnix.nl\/homepage\/welkom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}