"Happy" ≠ "healthy". They are not synonyms. But I think we act like they are. I've been trying to use my lunch break to enjoy some reading and recently just finished a book called “Why Emotions Matter”. The middle section of the book spends six chapters looking at each of the six most basic emotions we… Continue reading Happiness isn’t the goal.
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Sunday Joy: I Choose Joy
Joy is a facinating thing to me. I don't quite understand it and am thankful that it is a fruit of the Spirit's work in my life and not something I have to muster up on my own. But until recently I think that's how I treated it...as something I must make happen. People would… Continue reading Sunday Joy: I Choose Joy
Giving up the Pursuit of Happiness
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The American Dream, right? While I am so thankful to life in a country with considerably more freedom than many in the world, I sometimes wonder if our lofty ideals actually make us sell ourselves short. What I find most interesting about these "rights" found in our Declaration… Continue reading Giving up the Pursuit of Happiness
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