it wasn't the beginning of happiness, it was happiness itself, the moment right then

I remember one morning, getting up at dawn... there was such a sense of possibility. You know? That feeling? And... and I remember thinking to myself: "So this is the beginning of happiness!
This is where it starts! And, of course, there'll always be more."
Never occurred to me that it wasn't the beginning,
"It" was "happiness".
It was the moment, right then




----The Hours