Hermann Hesse Happiness

Something I need to remind myself of more often.  ‘Siddhartha’ and Steppenwolfe are due a reread ,I have never read The Glass Bead Game its on my to do list

Happiness
 As long as you chase happiness,
you are not ready to be happy,
even if you owned everything.

As long as you lament a loss,
run after prizes in restless races,
you have not yet known peace.

But when you have moved beyond desire,
become a stranger to your goals and longings
and call no longer on happiness by name,

then your heart rises calmly
above the ebb and flow of action
and peace has reached your soul.