Happiness is like a cat. If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you. It will never come. But if you pay no attention to it and go about your business, you’ll find it rubbing up against your legs and jumping into your lap. ~ William J. Bennett

Coax it? Go ahead and try. Maybe after a long, long time.
But staying power? There’s a yo-yo for that, up and down,
down and up, but a special one, climbing higher every time.
I tried for oh-so-many years to manipulate it…mind games
and I lost each time. But then I found the way, so simple.
So counterintuitive, at least for an analytical person
who assumes all things work by reasoning, by planning,
by manipulation. But body weight for those who struggle
by definition doesn’t behave that way…that pesky healthy body.
It comes…wants to…but on its terms, not ours. And it comes
when we are calm, confident, not afraid, acting as we should,
giving off vibes that say we’re happy, we’re recovering.
Then the healthy body weight crawls up in our chair,
sits with us or follows us around the house, as close as can be
for we have become the person “he” wants to be with.