Happiness Is Fleeting

I listened to a priest a month ago discuss the idea that happiness is transient. Being happy is not a constant thing. We go up. We go down. We struggle and strive. We fail. We get up. Eventually, we die.

He brought the lesson to how people struggle with a "calling" in life. He talked about how some (most) Catholic saints searched and wrestled with what they were supposed to do in this world. They had an internal struggle that was emotionally brutal. They battled depression. They battled the devil.

He then told us that we are called to be saints (Romans 1:7). And it is okay to struggle, but we have to keep focused on Christ and the good things he gave us. We have to become saints today, and that is the key to happiness.

Most of life and "being happy" or the ability overcome the world's emotional brutality comes down to living by faith in Christ (Romans 1:16-17). Faith is truly all we need.