Live for someone or something outside of yourself. Preoccupation with yourself is the single greatest cause of unhappiness. Love others unconditionally. In other words, love others for their own good and not for your own. I need you to make me happy.
Unconditional love expects nothing in return.
A month ago, Pope John Paul II articulated the role of a Catholic college when he visited a Catholic university in Rome. He told the academic community that the intellectual discipline required by their studies should help students learn more about truth and beauty, including the mystery of God's presence in their lives. A humanistic education, he continued, must look at the intellectual and spiritual aspects of the human person. Catholic universities, the Pope explained, need the light of faith in order to be true to their mission of educating the whole person. It is not a matter of basing faith on reason or of placing one under the other but of enlightening reason with the light of faith.