Happiness Comes from the Inside, Part 3 (TMF:2349)

Thursday, May 09, 2024
Peace to Live By: Happiness Comes from the Inside, Part 3 (TMF:2349) - Daniel Litton
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       In reality, no external ‘thing’ can make us happy. Sure, good things can make us ‘happier,’ but they cannot truly become our foundation of happiness. We can lay a foundation in ‘things,’ and a lot of us do, but those things are subject to change. The clouds pass by. The sun rises and sets. The world goes round and round. Things change. Setting our happiness in externals is like building our house on the sand. Remember that illustration? We don’t want to do that. We want our happiness built on something firm, something that, no matter what happens ‘externally,’ the house still stands. Jesus certainly taught us that the externals are subject to change. It’s what our internals are built upon that matters.  One way we could look at this is to understand that we are all like pillars of light. Imagine with me, for a second, that we all emit light out from us. The difference between us is how much light we emit. Now, let’s imagine that not only do we emit light, but that light can have a positive influence on those whom it is shined upon.