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Not Forcing a Solution, Part 3 (TMF:2375)

Friday, June 14, 2024
Peace to Live By: Not Forcing a Solution, Part 3 (TMF:2375) - Daniel Litton
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       Perhaps a person is too eager to build muscle. They are lifting too many weights. Then what happens? The person injuries themselves literally. Now they have to recover and cannot lift weights for the time being. They tried to force what they wanted (bigger, better muscles), and ended up with nothing but a hurt body. When we are stuck in trying to figure out an outcome, I think the best way for us to retain our happiness is by distraction. We need to get our minds off of whatever it is, walk away from it, and let the answer come to us. Now, we may want to pray to God and ask him for his assistance. That is fine. The point, though, is that when we walk away, and get our mind into a happier state, that is when our positive energy begins to flow. That is when the pressure comes off of us, and a solution, or even multiple solutions can come our way. This may sound counterintuitive, if you are a go-getter. But, this is often how a solution is found, and how, at the end of the day, we end up happy.

Not Forcing a Solution, Part 2 (TMF:2374)

Thursday, June 13, 2024
Peace to Live By: Not Forcing a Solution, Part 2 (TMF:2374) - Daniel Litton
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       Why is this bad? Well, because sometimes when we get something, we realize that it isn’t what we should have wanted. We didn’t think things properly through. We were too eager, too quick to try to get what we wanted. Now our happiness is gone. Nah, we should have taken more time. We should have thought it through. But, it’s too late, we got what we wanted and we are disappointed. Now we have the desire to get rid of that which we had forced into our hands. The other thing that can happen when we try to force an outcome is that we can fall flat on our face. We didn’t obtain what we desired, and we injured ourselves trying to get it. We made a gamble with money we had. The gamble didn’t pay off. Now, we have no more money and still the need for whatever it was—perhaps more money. Perhaps a person is too eager to build muscle. They are lifting too many weights. Then what happens? The person injuries themselves literally. Now they have to recover and cannot lift weights for the time being. They tried to force what they wanted (bigger, better muscles), and ended up with nothing but a hurt body.

Not Forcing a Solution, Part 1 (TMF:2373)

Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Peace to Live By: Not Forcing a Solution, Part 1 (TMF:2373) - Daniel Litton
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       We all have wants and desires for things, whether those things are big or small. When we have the desire for something, there can be that temptation to try to force it to be done, or to come to pass. So, the original want actually begets a want for whatever is to get done. So, now, we have two wants. The want for the original thing, and that want that that original thing is accomplished in a timely manner. No one likes to wait. Just a careful evaluation of people in traffic shows us that. The whole point I am making is that we just need to be aware of that in trying to force an outcome. When we try to force an outcome, bad things can happen. One of those things is that we will end up getting what we want. Why is this bad? Well, because sometimes when we get something, we realize that it isn’t what we should have wanted. We didn’t think things properly through. We were too eager, too quick to try to get what we wanted. Now our happiness is gone. Nah, we should have taken more time. We should have thought it through. But, it’s too late, we got what we wanted and we are disappointed.

We Can Do Fun Things for Free (TMF:2372)

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Peace to Live By: We Can Do Fun Things for Free (TMF:2372) - Daniel Litton
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       One great thing about having fun is that it often times can be free. In other words, the belief that one needs to spend money, or spend a lot of money to have fun simply isn’t true. Sure, spending money to go to theme parks, the theatre, out to dinner, whatever, yeah, those things can be and are a lot of fun. But I have noticed that sometimes it is the ‘free’ things in life that give us the most happiness. It isn’t always the things that cost us money that brings happiness. I like hanging out with friends and just having conversations with them. Conversations don’t cost anything, and yet they can be great times of satisfaction. And let’s not forget going for walks. Especially in the summertime, walks are a great way to get out into nature and see what is going on. You can listen to music or whatever. Put those old headphones to use. There’s nothing like listening to some good music whether it be on the radio or whether it be songs we downloaded a long time ago. And, of course, let’s not forget that we can spend time in conversation with God. Yes indeed. Spending time with God while walking about in nature doesn’t cost us anything, and yet, it can be some of the best times of our days.

Working to Serve Others Anytime, Part 2 (TMF:2371)

Monday, June 10, 2024
Peace to Live By: Working to Serve Others Anytime, Part 2 (TMF:2371) - Daniel Litton
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       “There is nothing I can really do to help them.” Hold up. You can pray. We can always pray for others, always throw up the prayer up to God in hopes that he will accomplish what we want for them. (Not to mention, when we are praying like this, we are actually benefiting ourselves. This is because we are storing up rewards of us later when we get to Heaven). We want to help others, but often don’t know how to do it. Well, this is the way. We can play off of our desire to help with God’s desire to help them, and then we will see big things happen. Just because there may be times, perhaps a lot of times, where you don’t see the result of your prayer with your own eyes, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t pray. As I’ve said, sometimes we don’t get to see. But we should know that the loving thoughts that we are sending another’s way are definitely going to have a positive impact on their life. It certainly has to be the case. They will benefit in some way, even it if it is down the road. And we certainly too will benefit, both now by increasing our happiness in trying to help them, and later outside of this world.