Quote from Anthony De Mello
As I’ve been digging deeper into what joy is all about, I just couldn’t pass up this quote from Antony De Mello’s book Awareness. Enjoy!
“Happiness is our natural state. Happiness is the natural state of little children, to whom the kingdom belongs until they have been polluted and contaminated by the stupidity of society and culture. To acquire happiness you don’t have to do anything, because happiness cannot be acquired. Does anybody know why? Because we have it already. How can you acquire what you already have? Then why don’t you experience it? Because you’ve got to drop something. You’ve got to drop illusions. You don’t have to add anything in order to be happy; you’ve got to drop something. Life is easy, life is delightful. It’s only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings.” –Anthony De Mello, Awareness, “Obstacles to Happiness”, p. 78
Amen, Father Anthony! So . . . ask yourself: what do I need to drop to experience true happiness, the joy that’s in each one of us? Until next time, God bless!
David C. Hughes, Writer 