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[INTRO CITY SLICKERS CLIP: MITCH & CURLY)
You know what the secret of life is?
One thing.
That’s what the rest of the movie is really about…Mitch trying to figure out the “one thing” that is most important to him.
Let me ask you this—if you wanted to know the secret of life, who or what would you turn to?
I’m not sure if a grizzled old cowboy in a 30-year old movie would be my first choice, but you have to admit his answer is intriguing.
He at least keeps it simple: the secret is one thing, and you have to discover that one thing for yourself.
I guess he’s saying that the secret of life is going to be different for each person, which is a pleasant thought…but it’s not all that practical.
Isn’t there possibly an answer that works…for everyone?
Because deep down inside people are desperate to make sense of life, aren’t they?
The quest for some sort of meaning, some secret behind it all, has been going on since history began.
Everyone from Aristotle to Bob Dylan, from Plato to Steven Spielberg, from Confucius to Monty Python…
…and everyone in between…there are no shortage of folks who’ve tried to find an answer.
Even the great comedian Groucho Marks gave it a shot when he said:
“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing.
If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”
As we get ready to listen to God’s Word this morning…I wonder how you would answer that question.
What is the secret of life?
And where would you go to learn more about that secret?
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Earlier I asked you about the secret of life.
What you may not know is that an extensive scientific survey has already figured it all out.
Back in 2004 George Vaillant, a Harvard psychiatrist and obviously very patient man, completed the last phase of an extensive study that tracked 268 people for 75 years, collecting data on their lives at regular intervals.
And at the very top of their conclusions was, in fact, a claim to have nailed down the secret to a happy and fulfilling life.
And sure enough…it was one thing.
Can anyone guess?
(LOVE)
Vaillant put it like this:
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