Choosing Happiness is the Way Out, Part 1 (TMF:2298)

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Peace to Live By: Choosing Happiness is the Way Out, Part 1 (TMF:2298) - Daniel Litton
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       According to Thomas Jefferson, one of the pillars of life is the “pursuit of happiness.” It’s embedded into our Declaration of Independence, and I believe it to be true. Getting to the root, at the core fundamental level, wasn’t that why God created Adam in the Garden to begin with? God created Adam because God himself wanted to be happier. It is true that God doesn’t need a relationship with any human being in order to be ‘happy.’ That being said, I think it’s also true that be being in relationship with humans, God can himself be ‘happier.’ And, I believe that we as humans can only achieve happiness by being in right relationship with the Creator. So, if we accept that we are to pursue happiness, what does that mean? Once we have established our good relationship with God, we know that everything else is secondary. For us, the singular fact that we are in good relationship with God makes us completely happy. If it doesn’t, perhaps we are not totally surrendered in everything, and that is something we will really want to correct.