Who, on the whole, do you find happier: children or adults?

Quantifiable or not, the same happiness is available, unconditionally, for anyone receptive to it.

I am sure one's capacity for happiness grows with experience, in the same way one's capacity for love, truth, inspiration, consciousness, wisdom, etc. grows with experience. As that capacity expands, however, the same amount of joy that entirely fulfils a child may seem less than overwhelming to one who expects the same intensity of experience as an adult.

The same happiness that seems, to an adult, like little more than a taste may leave no room for anything but joy in the heart of a child.

To a child, happiness is happiness. Quantity is not important. Experiences that would overwhelm a mature adult's capacity for happiness (a wedding, enlightenment, world peace, etc.) are no more or less joyful than a flower, a smile, a melody, or play, or laughter or any other form of happiness.

Even IF happiness is quantifiable, the same amount of happiness is available, unconditionally, for anyone receptive to it.


Peace and Love