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Jul 3rd 2012!⃝1. Happiness is not something you can search for. So in searching, you will never find it because you do not know where to look. And one morning, you will wake up and realize that everything you have ever wanted, you used to have, or already have. So it feels a lot like sorrow because in the time you spent trying to find “happiness, “you should have been enjoying what you had. Because now that “It’s gone for a while, not for good but for now. But gone for now feels a lot more like gone for good” because upon looking back, you regret that you never took advantage of what you had. Hence the term, “You never know what you got till it’s gone. “ When Isaac Slade’s wife went to Australia, He realized that she was a source of happiness for him. So while she was gone, it hurt him to know this, because it took her being gone for him to realize how much she meant to him; and now that she is gone, it is just for a while, but it seems like gone for good, because he can never go back and take advantage of the time he had with her. So he is waiting for her to return and trying to find happiness for himself, but it is destroying him because in his heart, he knows that his happiness lies with Anna, but in his mind, he is trying to find a substitute. So it is dangerous to try and grasp it for yourself, it will be the fruitless pursuit, because again, you never know where to look. And in trying to find happiness, people resort to temporary things, things that make them happy for a while. But if you look beneath the surface, you will find that “Happiness was never mine to hold. “ And then they fall into despair because these things have ruined their chance at TRUE happiness, even if just for a while. So he realizes that “Happiness is just like my old man told me. Look for it and you will never find it all. But let it go, live your life and leave it, and one day, you will wake up and she will be home.” People say to “go out and find what makes you happy, but don’t go searching for what you’ve already got. And “Happiness is a firecracker sitting on my head board. Happiness sends off a shower of sparks. So child, light the fuse and get away” because as soon as happiness finds you, you will realize that it was not everything you had hoped for. Because people say “The only thing that is getting me through my pain is that there is happiness waiting for me, a light at the end of the tunnel.” So as soon as you find the “light,” you will have achieved everything you had ever hoped and prayed for, but now, there’s nothing left to FIGHT for. That is why some people say that you can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness because in being sad, you want to be happy, so it gives you a purpose in life. And once you achieve happiness, everyone knows that us humans can never be satisfied, so it is like “What now?” So Slade says, “Happiness sums up the record for me. Every good thing is good because it costs something. Every yes has a no. When you get to 'that place' often it costs more than you thought, but it's worth it". SO everything comes with a price. At the end of your life, in order to get to heaven, you have to give up all attachments on earth, the “temporary pleasures” so to speak. Are you willing to give up the necessary price to be happy?
