Happiness

What is Happiness? Is it about wealth? Can it be? Are we not happy when we are rich?
Why do we see the poor as unhappy when they really have hope in their hearts?
When Mother Theresa was invited to a formal ceremony at a rich country for her to come on behalf of the poor of India, she said
“No”, because India was not poor, they were rich with faith and happiness, the “rich” countries were the poorest of the poor because they killed their own children and practiced no virtues.

Makes you wonder why we think American billionaires are happy, when we see their lives on the news, many failing marriages and many drug addictions and overdoses. Yet they have access to all the modern medicine and cures? So what cures the unhappiness of a person? There is only one cure, one medicine, one way, one hope, one path to happiness, and that’s through one Life: Jesus.

Our spiritual makeup is what will open our hearts to seeing the true happiness, not the amount in our wallet. When we do accrue that amount it is important to be thankful and gracious about it, not to forget where it all came from in the first place. I once thought it was a curse that I couldn’t get rich, but I know now, that perhaps God knows I am not ready. I have said I choose the blessing to be rich, and so He gave me riches, but not in monetary form, instead He gave me a greater richness so that I may prepare in my heart what to truly do with the material wealth.

Some Happiness articles attached:


http://www.peterkreeft.com/audio/06_happiness.htm

actual file is at:
http://www.peterkreeft.com/audio/06_happiness/peter-kreeft_happiness.mp3

Greek meaning of Happiness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudaimonia