"What is Happiness?"
. . . "It is to live as we do now, with L., just the two of us, savoring every hour -- morning coffee, two, three hours of quiet in the evenings. No special conversation. All is clear and therefore so good. If we were to start trying to define the essence of that obvious happiness, we would each do it differently; we might even have an argument! My words would not seem right to her and visa-versa. Misunderstanding! And happiness would become clouded. As one approaches the essence of a thing, fewer and fewer words are needed. In eternity, in the kingdom, only "Holy, Holy, Holy" will be needed, only words of prayer and thanks, only prayer and the brightness of fullness and joy."
http://www.amazon.com/Journals-Father-Alexander-Schmemann-1973-1983/dp/0881412007
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