The Classic Pamela Positive: The “Big H”: The Unfailing Recipe For Happiness

“Serve others. The unfailing recipe for happiness and success is to want the good of others. Happiness and success is when I see others happy. Happiness is a shared thing.”

―Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Anglican Cleric and Theologian

We search. We search for the \”Big H,\” happiness, all the time. 

We try to find our right calling. Our right partner in life. The right home, city, school.  And yet…

Happiness is about sharing. 

It\’s about experiences, time, thoughts and caring for others — which are all spiritual. And I can\’t imagine many people expressing their happiest times not in the presence of someone else. 

It\’s being with others, and being with them in a meaningful way. 

We also know that it is not necessarily even doing something; it could just be sharing one another\’s presence, with each other.

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Archbishop Desmond Tutu is a Christian cleric known for his work for human rights. He grew up in Northwest South Africa and he was the only son in his family. He would later attend Johannesburg Bantu High School, where Tutu would thrive in academics and rugby. After high school, he became a teacher where he would meet his wife. Together, they would have two children– Trevor and Thandeka. He would later join the clergy to become an Anglican priest. Active in South Africa, he was an important opponent of apartheid. Other causes he has worked on include fighting AIDs, homophobia, tuberculosis, racism, and poverty. Nelson Mandela described him as \”the voice of the voiceless.\” Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984, the Albert Schweitzer Prize for Humanitarianism in 1986, the Gandhi Peace Prize in 2005, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2009.

Bio Source: Wikipedia  Fig¹. Photo by saeed mhmdi on Unsplash  Fig². Photo by Helena Lopes on Unsplash; Bio Image at Wikimedia

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