There is no key to happiness, the door is always open. – Mother Theresa

What a great reminder for us as we go about our day.

It is tempting to think of happiness as something trapped behind a locked door. Some spend their lives banging on the door or cursing the door for stopping them from reaching their happiness.

I imagine the moment when God shows the truth to us and we realize the door was open the whole time, we simply had to knock.

In his story of his time at a Nazi concentration camp Viktor Frankl paints this picture so vividly. He tells the story of inmates that were able to still find happiness in this extreme and deprived environment.

Their captors held the key to everything they thought determined their happiness. All their material wealth, their social status, and even their family were taken away. And yet some of them still found happiness.

The door is always open. Even to those with nothing to offer in return. Even to those with no prospect of a future.

Don’t let today go by without some happiness. You need only knock.

Make it a great day.

Jake