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The secret to happiness is loving and being loved. To be in love with life and to find joy in every moment until our last moment requires mastery and balance in what life brings. Each part of us needs to be developed as we live: body, mind, emotions, and soul. The balance comes from the interplay of these parts and reaching the mystery of the whole in our time and place.

Things and money do not make us happy but a reasonable financial security does give us a certain peace of mind in order to enjoy life. However, most people's life have periods of their life when that financial security is not there. In such times one has to do all he or she can to get back in some realistic financial security.

Being healthy makes us feel good and gives freedom to do and be wherever we want to be doing what we want or should be doing. Doing all one can for our body to be in the best of health makes us happy but if illness comes we must do all we can to get back in a healthy state in order to get back to enjoying our life and reaching our goals.

Living life to the fullest involves developing our mind through formal and informal education. The more we understand on any subject the more we know what we do not know. The universe is our teacher and we must keep a keen mind by life time learning. Each moment is an opportunity to learn.

Our emotions can be the source of happiness if we have control or they can control us and make our life miserable. All our emotions are good and can be a source of motivation to action and passion in life. We have a right to feel what we feel as we react to life but those feelings and emotions cannot run our life but we must direct them to bring greater happiness in our life.

The mystery of life leads us to understand that we are part of that mystery and that there is more to us and that is the soul. This soul will live on after the rest of us goes. Meditation and reflection will lead us to God who created us. Doing as much good as we can in our own individual life will lead us back to God, the source of happiness.

We may have a healthy body, a keen mind, in control of our emotions, and our soul is united with God but we can be happier yet by loving and being loved. Nature, things, knowledge, and success give us delights but they cannot love us back. Only people can! The happiest people are those who love the most and who are loved the most. Happiness belongs to lovers!

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