Are You Happy?

A person recently asked me if I was happy. This was part of a survey she was doing to prepare for a speech at Toastmasters. I replied that I was “relatively happy” and then I immediately asked how she defined happiness. This made for an interesting speech, but as I got to thinking about it, I wondered why I was hedging about whether or not I was happy. As I thought more about it, I should have said that I was not only happy, I was overjoyed. Why? I have a Creator who pours blessings on me that I could never deserve by my own actions. I have a loving Father who knows what’s best for me and guides me and corrects me, even if I don’t realize it at the time. I have a Savior who has taken away the fear of sin and death with a promise of salvation and external life in His presence. When you think of things that way, how can you not be literally jumping for joy every day? So here’s the real question – Are You Happy?