{"sf1_id":931348,"sf2_id":"rm8gzXYe","title":"True joy","author":"james mikoto","words":168,"posted_at":"2015-11-07T17:04:00.000Z","tags":["Family","Love","Poems","Poetry","caring","friends","happiness"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/931348-true-joy","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/rm8gzXYe","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/94/69/94692580-2765-4b69-848a-0bf2940f961e","description":"#20 of love","content":"* * *\nI'll be happy once I've done this certain thing.  \nWe all say this often not realizing what it brings.  \nWe look only to the future for our happiness.  \nLetting life slip through our fingers in its fullness.  \nWill we really feel complete when the task is done,\u0026nbsp;  \nor look back and see how we missed so much fun?  \nSelf consumed so we can't see anything else,\u0026nbsp;  \nhurting those we love as well as ourselves.  \nSo many things around us to be grateful for,\u0026nbsp;  \nwhen seeking for an answer willingly open the door?  \nSo often, others see what's in front of our face,\u0026nbsp;  \nbut we're too blind to look as we're snared in the race.  \nWhat is this life supposed to be about?  \nIs it money, fortune, fame, or a big house?  \nWhen speaking to aa woman on her dying bed,\u0026nbsp;  \nnone of these answers are what she said.  \nFamily, love, laughter are what we should seek.  \nThese are the precious things that acts\u0026nbsp;like our treat.  \n  \n\n","series":{"name":"love","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/923264-women.json","next":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/944374-the-precious-memorys.json"}}