The Secret vs. The Passion

I was just in Borders on Good Friday to purchase the Passion of the Christ with my mother, and as we were checking out, the book/DVD (The Secret) was there on the counter.  The clerk was promoting it to us as the latest findings on how to live a happy and peaceful life.   I just laughed and said “I know what the secret of life is…and we just bought a DVD on it.”   Then she looked at me strangely and asked “Oh yes, what is it?”  I smiled and said, “Love.  And love others as you would yourself.”   The clerk just looked at me and said, “Oh.  Sure.  But the Secret has other ways of happiness and success.”  Being that we were walking out the door, and others were in line to check out, I just smiled again and said, “There are no other ways to happiness. Just others ways of distracting one from doing the real work to get there.”  Sorry to say, she didn’t get what I was saying.  And as I left, I thought as you wrote:  Another heresy for us to battle through evangelization.