Why don’t we live happier lives? Why are we forever caught up in frustrations, tensions, anger and resentments? The reasons, of course, are too many to name. Each day, as Jesus himself tells us, brings problems enough for the day. We’re unhappy for reasons too many to count. And yet it can be helpful to ask ourselves sometimes: why am I so chronically sitting just outside the gates of happiness?
Our initial answer would probably focus on the tensions in our lives that have to do with tiredness, our health, stress in our relationships, stress in our work and anxieties about security. There’s always something!
