Happiness

The false you is the ego you, which is lack, loss, fear and limitation, which is unhappiness

Everyone wants to be happy. If you are not happy, tell yourself the truth about this. Telling the truth is the only hope you have of being happy. Give up the idea that you are already happy. If you were honestly living in the happiness of your true nature, your seeking on earth would be over. Is it over? At least ask yourself some questions about your ideas of happiness. Ask yourself if you are happy because. If you are happy because of something, then you can also become unhappy because that thing changes or goes away. If you are happy because your children are doing well in school, you can become unhappy when they are not doing well in school.

It is fine to express happiness when your children do well in school, but no matter how well your children do, they are not here to build up your sense of self. You are not more or less, no matter what your children do. You are you. Complete, whole and perfect, independent of any cause. At least, the real you is. The false you is another story. The false you is a story. It is an unreal story, a fantasy, but not a happy fantasy.
p.s. this is my mom's cat, Baby, who left her body recently for her next journey. God Speed, Baby!