Happiness and Love

Consciously or subconsciously most people are in search of happiness. Whether they find it depends to a large degree on where they are looking for it. If we seek it for ourselves alone, it can never be found, for in its most basic way it must be shared with others.

There is a false and momentary happiness in self satisfaction, but it often leads to sorrow since it is based on desire and desires can never be fully satisfied.

True happiness is found in unselfish love, a love which increases the more it is shared. There is no end to the sharing of love and therefore the potential happiness of such love is without limit.

However, there can never be happiness in attachment. It is not enough for love to be shared, it must be shared freely. Yet even if shared freely, it cannot rest perfectly unless it is reciprocal. It also needs to be received.