08/08/2026
Can one be happy apart from God?
That question has been sitting with me for the past few days.
It brought me back to times in my own life when grief, disappointment or hurt made me withdraw. Times when I closed the door to my heart and quietly thought, I'll carry this alone.
And then I began thinking about all the ways we search for happiness — in success, relationships, security, recognition, achievement… even spirituality.
Why does the finish line always seem to keep moving?
And what are we really searching for beneath all of it?
I sat with those questions for a while, and they led me somewhere much deeper than I expected.
My new reflection, Can One Be Happy Apart from God?, is on the blog now. ❤️
Read it here: https://anchoringthelight.org/finding-happiness-in-god/
Can One Be Happy Apart from God? By Dehyana This is a question that's been in my mind for the past few days. Can one be happy apart from God? As I sat with that question,