You seek the happy life in the region of death [by making things of this world your priority]; it is not there. How can there be a happy life where there is not even life?

—Augustine, Confessions 4.12.18

Augustine points us to an important truth here. Life, real life, is not biologically-based but can only be found in a relationship with God, the Source and Author of all life. Do you understand this? More importantly, are you working on cultivating that kind of relationship so that you can enjoy real life?