Happiness

I asked professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what is happiness. And I went to famous executives who boss the work of thousands of men. They all shook their heads and gave me a little smile as though I was trying to fool with them.

And then one Sunday afternoon I wandered out along the Desplaines river, and I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees with their women and children and a keg of beer and an accordian.

~ Carl Sandburg