"The Ultimate Happiness Your Heart Desires"
“ You have formed us for Yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find rest in You ” — St. Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, " 1,1.5 1 Every one of us is searching for happiness, which is generally understood as the fulfillment of one's desires. Accepting this definition means that happiness is an individual, subjective experience. Therefore, we are each responsible to determine our most important desires, such as what we yearn for, what desires drive us, and what we seek to satisfy us. We may chase happiness in different ways, but the longing implanted in our hearts is, whether we know it or not, ultimately the same: we want a life that feels meaningful, fulfilling, peaceful, joyful, and whole. Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ, offers a simple and deeply insightful framework called the "Four Levels of Happiness"— a way of understanding what truly satisfies the human heart and is enduring, and what provides only temporary happiness that still leave...