Happiness

There is reportedly a ‘Great UNHAPPINESS Epidemic’ plaguing much of the world.   In the attempt at a solution, the most common go-to, both within psychiatry and medicine as well as by those who ‘self-medicate’ with legal or illegal drugs, alcohol, and other psychotropic substances. This is referred to as a chemical solution.   But what if the unhappiness and depression we experience is NOT a mental illness?  What if it is just the natural reaction to seeking happiness where it cannot actually be found?  Then there is nothing to ‘cure’.  It would mean we need to seek happiness somewhere else.  This is the inward journey – the spiritual quest.