The Definition of Happiness Visit website for more information.	Article Author:  From stewardship website of Corpus Christi Catholic Church>, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083 Theme:  Stewardship Leadership Updated:  11/3/2009 © http://www.corpuschristicc.org/StewardShip.htm/StewardShip.htm [Corpus Christi Catholic Church>], Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083
A core leadership skill is to motivate a faith community's stewardship journey. The following short article reflects on faith, money and happiness. It urges adults to teach children the joy of giving.
The Definition of Happiness What is your family definition of happiness? We all know that money can't buy happiness. Wealthy people can be just as unhappy as poorer people.  Our Christian faith tells us that happiness comes from being content with what we have and feeling like we are making a difference in the world. With layoffs, foreclosures, and economic downturns, our trust that God will provide can be challenged.  Can we find happiness with less in a simpler life? Bringing the whole family together in difficult economic times to make decisions about what we need versus what we want can be a powerful stewardship and trust in God experience for the whole family.  Working and praying together to make it through tough times can make families stronger in relationship and faith and can teach children that all that we have is a gift from God to be used wisely.  We can put our children on the path to a happy and successful life by teaching them how to use and manage money so that it fills their needs and allows them to help others.  Let them see you giving at mass, to local charities, even to neighbors and friends. After all, children learn what they see, not what they hear. DO your children see you give?  Isn't it beautiful each week when we see the little children taking their offerings to the altar at the offertory?  It gives us such a wonderful feeling to see these freely given offerings of innocence.   Every parent wants to raise children who share and give generously. When our children someday meet God face to face we want to know that they will hear Jesus say to them the same words the master said to those who used their talents wisely, "Well done, my good and faithful servant...Come, share your master's joy." (Matt 25:21) However, raising generous children today is a challenge in a society that constantly teaches children to want more and more things for themselves. We encourage you in teaching your children to be generous. Let them see you giving at mass, to local charities, even to neighbors and friends. After all, children learn what they see, not what they hear. From stewardship website of Corpus Christi Catholic Church>, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083
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