What do you really want?

I was curious what it would say. It gave me a list, "Be grateful. Connect with others. Practice mindfulness." All good advice, but I was looking for more. I then asked my friend, Anne, the same question. She replied, "I'm not looking for happiness. I just like to be content." That stopped me. Contentment, not the fireworks of joy or the thrill of chasing dreams, just enough. Enough peace to sleep well, enough love to feel seen, enough purpose to get up and do it again. It is so simple, so human. Not the pursuit of peaks, but the comfort of solid ground. Not ecstasy, but ease. The difference between consistently reaching and finally resting. And I realized, maybe that's what most of us want. Not the smoke and spotlight of big joy, but the quiet burning of something steadier. Peace, presence, enough. Maybe happiness isn't something you find, maybe it's something that finds you when you stop looking so hard. This is Dr. Scott Morris for Church Health.