The Production of Happiness — YouTube from the CEC Library

The production of happiness requires us to have, in our hearts, a firm conviction about what true happiness is. Happiness is not something fleeting; it is not something that is gained or decreed. It is a construction we make internally. The heart is the temple of love, a place where we deposit good things. The sum of these positive elements becomes happiness. Happiness is therefore an individual achievement.

Being happy means being able to look at everything around you, even a simple stone, as Francis of Assisi did, and see something positive in human relationships. Human relationships are fundamental because all constructions on Earth result from them. No construction is accomplished without a relationship. First, we need to cultivate our relationship with ourselves, polishing, reviewing, and adjusting it daily. Then, our relationship with others will flow naturally. When we adjust our heart so that we can be happy, we transmit this happiness to ourselves and others. Happiness is a condition of being, not having. Everything around you, regardless of what it is, will become better and turn into happiness.