“All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.” — Proverbs 15:15
Secular thinkers have discovered an important fact known by the sages long ago — Happiness is found before not after “success”.
“The formula is clear: Work harder, then you’ll be successful, then you’ll be happier. When I asked some of my Harvard students, their answer was easy: “I’m working … now so I can be happy when … [fill in the blank with a six figure banking job, make a scientific breakthrough, get into medical school, etc.].”
But here’s what these brilliant students often forget: Getting into Harvard was supposed to make them happy….
It’s hard to find happiness after success if the goalposts of success keep changing.
Now for the good news … If you reverse the order of the formula, you end up with greater happiness and greater success rates … If you cultivate happiness while in the midst of your struggles, work, at school, while unemployed or single, you increase your chances of attaining all the goals you are pursuing, including happiness.” — Shawn Achor in “5 Ways to Turn Happiness Into an Advantage (Read Shawn’s full article “here.)
Christ provides what we really need to be happy — complete acceptance, an enduring purpose, and bright future.
“[W]e know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose … What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?” — Romans 8:28,31b / Psalm 118:6
— fritz@langgang.com
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