Can you lose your happiness?
Christmas is still my favorite time of year. I would even go as far to say that It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year! Andy Williams was right. It is wonderful. But as an adult, remembering back to the Christmases of my childhood, I try to remember those, "I've just got to have THIS, or THAT," presents, and when I do remember them, I think..."Where did those things go?" Without meaning to, we show people what we value, what we adore, and ultimately what we worship by the things we attach our happiness to. In my own life, I've noticed a subtle confusion between words like Happiness...and security. The things in which I feel most safe tend to be the things that give me the most (temporary) happiness. I isolate that word temporary, because that is where most of our focus tends to land when we consider the things that make us "happy". So what are the things that make us feel Happy, or Secure. For most, like myself, it is simple th...