#549 Finding Security in an Unsecured World
Happiness Podcast
Dr. Robert Puff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 955 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Finding Security in an Unsecured World
In a world that feels increasingly unpredictable, we are all searching for an anchor of security. We're going to explore how that anchor isn't found by trying to control the world around us, but by forging it within ourselves through the power of our own response.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Happiness podcast. I'm Dr. Robert Puff. There's a lot of things that we want in life. |
| 0:13.4 | We may want money so that when any unforeseen crisis arise, we have the money to cover it, |
| 0:19.9 | and even extra money to really enjoy life. |
| 0:23.1 | We may want health, because when we're healthy and our bodies are doing well, then we can |
| 0:28.5 | really enjoy life, and when we get older, and we have the time and perhaps even the money |
| 0:33.4 | to really enjoy life, health is critical, because if we're not healthy, all that work we put |
| 0:40.3 | into to retire and live happily ever after goes away. We may want love, love of another person, |
| 0:49.8 | love of our children that love us and we love them, because with this love, we find meaning and |
| 0:56.5 | purpose in life. But if we take a moment and really think about these things that we want, |
| 1:02.4 | what's at the core of all of them? I believe it's security. But we can approach this security |
| 1:10.1 | from two vantage points. At one end of the spectrum, |
| 1:14.3 | our lives may be very hard right now. We don't have enough money to pay rent. And it scares us. |
| 1:21.9 | It frightens us. And we pray and we wish for someday when we don't have to struggle like this anymore |
| 1:29.5 | because it's exhausting. But at the other end of the spectrum, we may have everything that we |
| 1:37.3 | think we want, but know that life changes, and very quickly it can suddenly change. I know several people recently |
| 1:49.1 | in the last few months who have worked really hard as a couple, saved, and now they reach |
| 1:56.5 | the point of retirement, and they're so looking forward to spending the golden years with their partner. |
| 2:04.3 | And now they're alone because her partner didn't make it. |
| 2:09.9 | It is a common human tendency to seek security in things outside of our control, |
| 2:21.3 | like a stable job, financial wealth, perfect health, or the approval of others. And while these things are nice to have, |
| 2:29.3 | they are inherently impermanent and an unreliable source of true security. Relying on them is like |
| 2:38.2 | building a house on shifting sand. Sooner or later, something is not going to work anymore. |
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