Heroism in the Pursuit of Happiness

Power and Love Through Life’S Peaks and Pits

As all of us earthly creations are both wired to seek pleasure and to avoid pain to help us survive, but humans are able to transcend both pleasure and pain in order to achieve their higher purpose. Pleasure draws us to our happiness goals but the virtues of heroism give us the discipline and sacrifice required for the challenges in the happiness pursuit. We run the good race because of the big picture meaning which each challenge holds for the whole life journey allowing us to prioritize and focus on our highest good. Our lifespan stages lead us to the joyful sacrifices of marriage and parenting into future generations as a form of this worldly transcendence of death. Many singles duplicate the role of parenting in their work as teachers, mentors, or spiritual leaders while some singles find their call to serve through religious communities. This book celebrates all calls to joyful service that expand the loving bonds of family to embrace all mankind.