We Choose to be Happy (TMF:2357)

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Peace to Live By: We Choose to be Happy (TMF:2357) - Daniel Litton
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       We’ve heard it said before, and that is that happiness is about our perspective on things. It’s cliche, and it’s true. It doesn’t mean that every moment of life will be, or can be happy. It doesn’t mean that there aren’t certain life circumstances of which happiness really is absent. It just means that in the normal, everyday way of life, that our happiness level is our own choice. It’s all in how we ‘see’ things. We should not be too attached to anything so as to let that attachment cost us our happiness if whatever it is doesn’t pan out. By building this kind of mindset, we are able to exercise self-control within ourselves, and not be controlled by our external circumstances. Most people do in fact let their external circumstances control them. But Jesus was our perfect example in this area, where even in the most intense moment of his life, where most of us would have been crying and screaming, Jesus kept his cool. He endured what he had to without any word of complaint. Rather, he looked forward to what was to come after that moment in time.