“Heavenly Father desires that we find true, lasting
happiness. Our happiness is the design of all the blessings He gives us
(Gospel Topics, Happiness, https://www.lds.org/topics/happiness?lang=eng).”
Sometimes in life we are able to be blissfully happy. Some
days it may seem like those times are far and few between. These past couple of
months I have felt like I have been drowning in legal issues dealing with custody of my daughter and it’s been so hard to recognize
the rays of sunshine in my life. However, watching my sweet daughter sleep
tonight is one of those times where I was filled with peace, love, and
happiness because I knew that she was safe and everything was perfect. This is
a simple moment in life that I love to savor and hold on to. Recently, I have
had more and more reason to find the rays of sunshine in my life. After a year
of sadness, heartache, and despair I have finally found my happiness and I am
so excited that my daughter and I have a chance at being truly happy. One thing
that I have learned over the last two years is that sometimes we have to work
to keep our happiness. If we truly want our happiness to last, we treat it
differently and we must be willing to put forth the effort to make it last
longer. This time I am so willing to do everything that I need to keep my
happiness for eternity.
When looking for true happiness we need to be weary of Satan
and his temptations. Satan has a good way of disguising true happiness with
things that will only temporarily make us happy. He makes those temptations
look enticing and promising but under the facade there is nothing more than
lies and sadness. Following Satan will never bring us true happiness. He likes
us to believe that he will make us happy by tempting us with false happiness.
False happiness is happiness that never lasts and that will never truly make us
happy in the end. At one point I was faced with a decision to either choose
false happiness or true happiness. Satan did a great job of making the false
happiness look just as tempting as the true happiness. However, looking past
the facade I could see that the happiness that Satan wanted me to choose was
actually filled with the same darkness, sorrow, and pain that I had dealt with
for the past two years. Looking past the disguise the decision was easy to
make. I needed to choose the path that was filled with light, love, and true
happiness. The only way to be truly happy and content with life is by following
the path that the Savior wants us to follow. His path will always be filled
with true happiness; happiness that will last for eternity if we are willing to
put forth the work and follow the Lord’s counsel.
Everybody deserves to be happy; truly, blissfully happy. A
year ago I never thought that I would find true happiness. It’s been a rough
year but things are finally beginning to look up. There will always be trials
in life but if we cling to the gospel and to our Heavenly Father little rays of
sunshine will light our way and will bring happiness that is beyond anything we
could imagine. My little Rae of sunshine has brought so much happiness to my
life and now I have been blessed with another ray of sunshine that Heavenly
Father has so lovingly brought in to my life. He will bring even more sunshine
my way, allowing me to be truly, blissfully happy.
