"Man does not know the place he should occupy. He has obviously gone astray; he has fallen from his true place and cannot find it again. He searches everywhere, anxiously bit in vain, in the midst of impenetrable darkness."

• Blaise Pascal

What am I searching for? Where am I searching? How am I getting there?

I believe that I am searching to be happy; to be truly happy. We are all born into a state of original sin, separated from God, and it is in our natural human nature to find Him. This is how I see it. I want to be happy, and happiness is found in God, so I am searching for God. But where should I look? Where could He be in my life? Sometimes I get too caught up in physical happiness and pleasure that I loose sight of what really matters. I do things because they feel good, or they make me happy for the time being. I turn my attention to making money of having nice things when, in the end, these things don’t matter.

I think God comes to me through the people I interact with in my life. This includes my family, classmates, teachers, and even strangers on the street. I wake up and know that I am loved by my family and if I need them, they are there for me. I know that I can rely on all of them and can call on any of them anytime. When I go to school, God is there in my friends. To be able to have close friends and have a good time with them is such a wonderful gift from God.

I can see God in all these things. What might seem insignificant or taken for granted, are some of the most wonderful things. It is our nature to often overlook these amazing things and ask for more. I get overwhelmed by schoolwork or sports that I lose track of where God is. When something bad happens to me, I ask God why He isn’t helping me through it, when in fact, He is always there in all the people around me.