"Happiness comes most strongly from making others happy; making others happy is most effectively done through kindness and compassion; bestowing kindness and compassion upon others shows them how to achieve happiness for themselves." 6 minutes

Lord, happiness is what we desire, and we do not desire suffering.  Happiness is the absence of worry and anxiety.  We will not achieve absolute happiness because we have things we value it is a consequence of valuing something the we are vulnerable to worry and anxiety about the well being of what we value or losing or not having something we value.  It the things we value that make our happiness even richer, though it comes at the price o some worry and anxiety. We must find a balance that works for ourselves.  If the worry and anxiety are tolerable to maintain something we value in exchange for the richness that thing of value brings to our lives, then that is okay.  Added richness to happiness is really just pleasure.  Pleasure is a transient thing, but just because it is transient, it does not mean it has no meaning or is not good.  The pleasure that comes from maintaining or nurturing or creating something of value and knowing it contributes to the universe can bring harmony with us and the universe and it is in that harmony we find unity and belonging with the universe and that peace brings happiness in that it helps us to realize the universe is as it should be and there is less need to worry about our place in it and our worth in it.  Amen.

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