Sometimes I wonder if life is actually about happiness. Is it? All this hate and discontent. Violence and poverty. Greed and corruption. That's all most of us tend to see, it's everywhere. I (and you) may try to avoid it, but I cannot escape its grip. I try to smile as much as possible, laugh at peoples dumb jokes, give to the collection basket, give a couple of hours of community service, but what always tends to be more noticeable? Greed and corruption and hate and violence. It's sickening, and most of us are the problem, myself included!
That's why I always wonder if happiness is even the point of life. Are we actually supposed to be happy in life when all of these terrible things are pushing us down? It's hard to think about, personally.
In today's Catholic readings on USCCB.org, the Responsorial Psalm is "Lord, In your great love, answer me." I think about the topic of life's purpose a lot and when I finally write something about it, this is what Christ has to say! It's insane!
It's completely obvious what life's purpose is about. We all must find what we are here on this Earth to do. For me, I may not be happy all the time, but the investigation of unanswerable questions keeps me on my heels, makes me know that there is something greater than me, something that is giving me the opportunities that are given to me. Whether it be living at the Catholic Center, going to China, or trying to find a calling, the suspense of the unanswerable is what makes me happy. Eventually we'll all find what we're looking for, and until then, its probably best we all find the courage to keep looking for what will make us happy!
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