Happiness

Why is happiness hard to achieve? It is because most persons do not know the essence of life. They question why they exist and suffer from different issues in life. In the first place, do people know who they are? This is a basic question that every human being should answer in order to be successful and happy.

Self-knowledge is the key in order to find direction in life. Knowing our weaknesses and strengths will give us the tips on what we have to do with ourselves. Thus, if we gain the foundation of self-knowledge, then self-acceptance, self-love and self-transformation will automatically follow.

After reaching self-transformation, we form within us a sense of self which will lead us to the essence of life. The essence of life is for us to be happy in the practice of our profession (calling or vocation). Our profession is service to others and therefore it is love/charity because we do it in order to help others and ourselves economically and other reasons or motivations of our existence. This profession qualifies our God-given potentials/talents and justifies the application of self-knowledge(strengths) or sense of self per se.

In doing so, we find fulfillment in what we are doing and when we enjoy doing it, it is no longer work for us because it becomes a second nature within. Therefore, we can say that we are happy which will become "inner joy." Being happy is momentarily but inner joy is forever. Let us deepen the source of our happiness in order for us to have inner joy.