Exactly what is happiness and where does it come from?
If it is missing can it be found just by changing perspective?
If so then, is it really a choice, a way of DECIDING how to view things, or what things to view?
Is it denial?
Like Nightline is saying tonight, can you become happier, nicer and more peaceful just by learning how to meditate?
If a person is happy, are they ignoring all of the suffering and sadness in the world? Are they clueless?
Can I cry in sadness one moment and be happy the next?
Why is happiness something I want so badly?
Can I make it for myself, or is it given to me?
Do I have to wait for it to find me?
Is it in little things or big things?
Can happiness be found amid pain?
Why do different things make different people feel happy?
Is happiness better when shared?
John 16:33 says, "I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world."
God doesn't want us to remain focused on the problems of this world. We are told in Philippians 4:8, "And now, dear brothers and sisters, one final thing. Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise."
And Hebrews 3:13 tells us to help each other so that we do not become bitter and hardened- "But encourage one another day after day, as long as it is still called "Today," so that none of you will be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin."
I believe that here on earth, no matter what happens, happiness can be found by choosing. Choosing to trust in Jesus. Choosing to be grateful and focus on good things, encouraging each other, until "today" becomes tomorrow- when Christ rids the world of sin and pain, and fills our hearts with only happiness forever.
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