What Is It About That Word? (short-lived happiness), part 5
“Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.” Henry David Thoreau Have you ever asked yourself if you’re happy? If so, you know why I’d add a warning label: Don’t try this at home. The question feels like a...
What Is It About That Word? (happy thoughts we can’t seem to shake), part 4
“Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn, or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude.” Denis Waitley Some days I can’t shake thinking that happiness is a house with a pool, time off to travel across country in an RV, and enough money to never give spending a second...
What Is It About That Word? (what do you think would make you happy?), part 3
“It isn’t what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” Dale Carnegie The eight blog posts/sections in the chapter titled “Mind Over Matter and Emotions” focused on healing by way of thinking about what we’re thinking about. I didn’t expect to...
What Is It About That Word? (what happiness is and what it’s not), part 2
Happy are the people who are in such a state;Happy are the people whose God is the Lord.Psalm 144:15 (NKJV) The Bible’s definition of happiness is above, literally and figuratively. Below is what the dictionary said about it. Merriam-Webster defined happiness like this: The state of being happy: joy1. a state of well-being and...
What Is It About That Word? (should I even write about happiness?), part 1
This blog post/chapter begins Section Two about Happiness from my manuscript titled On The Other Side of Trying Hard: Healing, Happiness, and Holiness. “The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well.” Ralph Waldo...
An Overview Of Healing from On The Other Side of Trying Hard: Healing, Happiness, and Holiness
I typically put a similar statement to this one at the end of most of my blog posts. However, today I’ve included it at the beginning because this post is an overview of Section 1 about Healing. This is the first of three sections to be included in my manuscript titled On The Other Side of Trying Hard: Healing, Happiness, and Holiness. My...
Mind Over Matter and Emotions (minding the ins and outs of the matter), part 8
“Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is – his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:2 NIV What I put in is what comes out. I wrote this same thing in "Mind Over Matter and Emotions (the battlefield), part 1."...
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