We all want to be happy. But we are often wrong about what we think will make us happy.  True happiness, the one thing that can never be taken away from us, is our relationship with God.

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Opening prayer from St. Augustine's Confessions:

Great are You, O Lord, and greatly to be praised; great is Your power, and of Your wisdom there is no end. And man, being a part of Your creation, desires to praise You.  You move us to delight in praising You; for You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You.