Stumbling as You Rush Toward Happiness*

by Nancy Sackheim

When was the last time you watched a drop of water fall from a blade of grass?

When was the last time you paused long enough to look that closely at anything?

What if that novel, memoir, short story, essay isn't completed by the deadline you set, but takes weeks, months, maybe years longer?  

What are you missing as you obsess over goals you think should have already been met?

Are you stumbling as you rush toward happiness?

*Title based on Daniel Gilbert's Stumbling on Happiness.