ESSAY

Grieving Happiness

“To one of [spiritual] discrimination, everything is painful indeed, due to its consequences,”

— The Yoga Sutras of Pantanjali

Dad and Nana at the Beach, Nana was his mother-in-law, but Dad thought of her as his true Mom. (my photo)

​ ​ ​​​ ​ ​​ ​ ​​Happiness is formally defined as a state of well being or contentment. We misinterpret this well-being, we treat it like an extended effort of deflecting less…