Why did God create me? This question is foundational to finding joy in this life. In our broken human nature, we struggle to figure out the way to use the gifts around us while not letting them consume us. Often, our happiness gets tangled up in our search for physical comfort, emotional connection, or comparative equations. Transcendent happiness is the only happiness that isn’t dependent on something or someone else—it’s only dependent on our relationship with God. This is why so many spiritual mothers and fathers went into the desert for a time: to contemplate God, to figure out God’s plan for their life, and to prayerfully consider Jesus’ call to “Come, Follow Me.”