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IF YOU CANNOT FIND THE TRUTH RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE, WHERE ELSE DO YOU THINK YOU WILL FIND IT?

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It is true that we can try to find the answer to our challenges in our surroundings, in our families, in our hockey. . . and we may actually find solutions and happiness there for a short time. But unless we connect to that spark of joy that is always within us—no matter how small it is—we will not find the longterm happiness we truly desire. Helen Keller said it very well: “Happiness cannot come from without. It must come from within. It is not what we see and touch or that which others do for us which makes us happy; it is that which we think and feel and do.”⁷ One of the keys to being truly confident, content, and happy is to take personal responsibility for our own well-being.

Hockey Hall of Famer and four-time Stanley Cup champion “Terrible Ted” Lindsay played for the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks. He says that one of the greatest lessons he ever learned about the power of taking personal responsibility came from his father. “When the Depression hit and he had to raise six boys and three girls, he took responsibility.”⁸ In the midst of a worldwide economic crisis, Ted’s dad dug deep, making himself responsible for putting food on the table, clothes on his kids’ backs, and shoes on their feet. He taught Ted how to be responsible for taking care of business and to value each and every opportunity.