The serenity that comes with being frum (whatever brand you’re comfortable with) is a SPOKEN promise. Chazal tell us so, contemporary gedolim tell us so.
The problem is, we try to “cash the check” at the mall, the office, the car showroom, the street, ect, and in general, chase the “dream” that Madison Ave tells us we NEED in order to be happy.
Are all the boxes checked within x years of joining? No.
Is there an alternative for us to consider? Again, no.
Will we eventually get our just rewards? BET ON IT!