Monday, April 25, 2011

Abp. of Canterbury Delivers Sermon on Happiness; Says Joy Comes from Relationships, Environment

The Telegraph (British) website reports today (April 25, 2011) that the Archbishop of Canterbury -- delivering his Easter Sermon at Canterbury Cathedral yesterday -- spoke of the joy which could be achieved by having an outward focus, fostering relationships with others and the world around them.

Dr. Rowan Williams said: "Now it's certainly a good thing that people have publicly acknowledged that there is more to life than the level of our Gross National Product, that we're just beginning to say out loud that corporate prosperity divorced from personal and communal fulfillment or stability is an empty thing."

He added, "Happiness comes from outside, from relationships, environment, the unexpected stimulus of beauty -- but not from any program that we can identify."

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