On carrots and sticks

Please do NOT dangle 'happiness' on a stick in front of you and try chasing it. It is futile. You will end up running behind it, pursuing it, touching it on its periphery and sometimes, much to your disappointment, may even skirt it altogether. Rather, it is better if you try walking alongside it, stay within its sphere of influence, ensconced in it all the while, while you prance about your daily life. Going back to the stick, what should really be on it, is something entirely different- hope! Toy with it in every way you want to!! It should always be there right in front of you.