The Secret to Happiness

I believe the secret to happiness and an abundant life consists of: Someone to Love I do not mean the roses and candy kind of love, which is often fleeting, fickle and fattening, but a love that draws you out into the open, makes you vulnerable and exposes your every weakness and in the process builds you up into the better you. The YOU you never knew. Pursue a noble cause I do not mean the kind of cause that will bring you notoriety, fortune or fame, but the quiet pursuit of a dream inspired by God that will consume your heart, mind and spirit. When you believe in the impossible dream because God has laid it on your heart to seek Heaven instead of Earth, you stretch in ways you didn't know possible and experience the satisfaction of living a significant life. The dividends for all that work are happiness and peace. "Seek Heaven and you will get earth thrown in, seek earth and you will get neither." CS Lewis Find the Good in a Storm I am not a "Pollyanna" kind of person, but even storms, struggles and suffering have a refining characteristic. We need to face strong winds in order to fly our kites to highest. We need to be in the midst of a raging stream in order to experience the thrill of whitewater rafting and we sometime need to face the pain of suffering to know God is with us. Sometimes we don't know that God is all we need until God is all we have. I share this video with hope it will inspire you on this Valentine's Day! http://youtu.be/Jj-RJ4k9c04