Happiness is my default state.

     I have my sad days. And some of my days are flat lines, my heart beats for nothing. Emotions hidden, indifferent to stimuli targeting them. But I am generally a happy man. Small things make me happy. A simple smile; a good Hip hop song; a timely prayer… little things.

     Most times the presence of happiness is not the absence of sadness. One can be on the surface while the other is deep inside. The one inside is the prevailing one, while the one on the surface is temporary. The surface one is a moment, a break away from the default state.

     When considered external, happiness is illusive. I may never catch it if I go on chasing after it. I believe happiness is insid...

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