Discovering True Happiness: Can Trusting in Something Greater Bring Joy?

M.Peer Mohamed Sardhar
The Secret

One day, one friend asked another, "How is it that you are always so happy? You have so much energy, and you never seem to get down." With her eyes smiling, she said, "I know the Secret!" "What secret is that?" To which she replied, "I'll tell you all about it, but you have to promise to share the Secret with others." "The Secret is this: I have learned there is little I can do in my life that will make me truly happy. I must depend on God to make me happy and to meet my needs. When a need arises in my life, I have to trust God to supply according to HIS riches. I have learned most of the time I don't need half of what I think I do. He has never let me down. Since I learned that 'Secret', I am happy."

The questioner's first thought was, "That's too simple!" But upon reflecting over her own life, she recalled how she thought a bigger house would make her happy, but it didn't! She thought a better paying job would make her happy, but it hadn't. When did she realize her greatest happiness? Sitting on the floor with her grandchildren, playing games, eating pizza, or reading a story, a simple gift from God. Now you know it too! We can't depend on people to make us happy. Only GOD in His infinite wisdom can do that. Trust HIM! And now I pass the Secret on to you! So once you get it, what will you do?
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Come to think of it, I'm not sure about the "not happy" part but certainly never satisfied. Before I got myself an apartment, I would think how nice it is to have one; now I want a bigger one. Before I got a big paycheck job, I thought of the wonderful things that I'll do with the money, such as vacation with family, charities, and so on. But once I had it, too busy working to do all that.

Now I'm back to a normal paying job, less stress, more time, but now miss the big paycheck. It's really hard to satisfy people, huh?
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