Please title this page. The above entitled book is the work a Trappist monk whose books have enriched the lives of millions.
True happiness is found in unselfish love, a love which increases in proportion as it is shared.
There is no end to the sharing of love, and, therefore, the potential happiness of such love is without limit. Infinite sharing is the law of God's inner life. He has made the sharing of ourselves the law of our own being, so that it is in loving others that we best love ourselves. Although some might agree with Merton on these points, few take that agreement and make it a reality in their lives. In part we tend to fail to realize deep, profound happiness because we are beguiled by transitory, shallow forms of happiness.