The Desire of Ages info
Over six billion of us live on this planet now--and we're rapidly on our way to seven billion. We're separated by a lot of differences: sex, race, religion, language, customs, and geography. But we also have some things in common. We breathe the same air. We all bleed the same red blood. We all need food and rest and shelter. And--oh, yes, one other thing: we all want happiness. Happiness--an elusive, sort of nebulous something that everyone of us spends our whole lifetime pursuing. Some of us try to find it in things. We think that if we could only be rich, we'd be happy. When you're rich, you have money. Money buys things. And things make us happy. Or do they? Others of us try to find happiness in becoming well-known--mayb