Pursuing Happiness: Happy are the Meek

The Blessed/Happy Life offered by Jesus in The Beatitudes is the life of true flourishing  meant for us as humans. But it comes to us in such a counter-cultural way, we often struggle to truly believe or align our lives with what Jesus says. It was the same struggle for Jesus’ original audience as it is for us today: “What do you mean  the meek inherit the earth?!”