HAPPINESS BEGINS WHEN THE EGO DIES
There are no plains in the spiritual life. We do not just climb a few paces through rough roads and then finally come to a land of contentment. Rather, we reach only a momentary clearing; the bushes, thorns and briars still lie ahead to cut and bruise the flesh the occasional danger of slipping back now and then is every present. The struggle for happiness is conditional upon having a wrestling match with ourselves "Take up your cross daily" Scripture tells us. But there is a peace and a joy about the pursuit of Divine Happiness. Each trial and struggle has its strength as grace pours in from heaven above. Our strength and patience come from the great reservoirs into which the sluice gates of heaven open. Happiness begins when the ego dies.