Happiness is not chased—it’s revealed.
See how misunderstanding blinds us to happiness, and how clarity, order, and truth bring it back into view.
We search for happiness in the wrong places
From early on, we are taught that happiness comes from achievement, success, comfort, or control.
So we pursue more—more ability, more recognition, more certainty.
Yet the harder we reach for happiness,
the further it slips from our grasp.
This is not a failure of effort.
It is a failure of direction.
We were never meant to find happiness along the paths culture draws for us.
Desire motivates, but it never satisfies.
It always asks for more.
It promises joy, but breeds restlessness.
And so we stand divided—
between what we want,
and what we truly need.
True happiness does not come from satisfying desire.
It often appears only when desire loosens its grip.
We miss happiness when we treat it as something to earn:
“If I work harder, become better, grow stronger—then I will be happy.”
But happiness is not the prize at the end of striving.
It is a state of alignment—
when life is ordered as it was meant to be,
and meaning, truth, and love take their rightful place.
Happiness is not something we chase.
It is something we awaken to.
We often assume happiness comes from life—
through improved circumstances or better outcomes.
But happiness comes through life—
when the foundation of life is restored.
When the root is sound,
the whole tree flourishes.
Even storms cannot steal the peace of a life grounded in truth.
We miss happiness not because it is distant,
but because it is not found where we’ve been taught to look.
The journey is not about running harder,
but turning toward what is real—
toward the truth of who we are
and the One who made us.
This is the journey of Happiness and Life:
a path that brings meaning, peace, and joy
to ordinary days and complex seasons alike