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Having the Right to Feel Happy? Part 1 (TMF:2427)

Tuesday, August 27, 2024
Peace to Live By: Having the Right to Feel Happy? Part 1 (TMF:2427) - Daniel Litton
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       Let me just state it plainly up front: a lot of people feel their achievements then give them the ‘right’ to feel happy. Under this way of going about things, people think they need to achieve a certain amount, or suffer to a specific degree, and once all of that is done, they then are allowed to feel happy inside of themselves. They are even permitted to spend some time enjoying themselves. I know a lot of people think like this because I use to myself. In fact, I was a chief operator in this direction, behind this way of thinking. I certainly was a supporter of it. But, thankfully, by the grace of God, one day I realized the error of ways, and ever since, I have been able to flow another way, in a different, better direction. For starters, when we think like this it means that when everything goes well, we will then take the time to reward ourselves. Good enough. The problem is, what happens when things don’t go well. What happens when we don’t get enough done, or accomplish all that we wanted to accomplish in a given time period, or a given day? Then, we’re not allowed to be happy. After all, we have failed at our objective.