Are you happy? What is happiness? Is it the absence of sadness?
Happiness is an arbitrary thing. It can be a fleeting moment in the midst of our momentous life. How can we know if we are truly happy? Can happiness be measured on a happiness barometer?
Some people are happy all the time; what is their secret? Do they look at a glass half full or half empty?
Is a young child happy? Have you noticed that most of the time babies smile, even in their sleep? The cares of this world have not laid them down so we say they are carefree.
People who are happy all the time have more than a happy bug. They have joy in their heart. Happy is conditional but Joy is unconditional.
Where do you find this joy? Joy looks beyond and above. Joy is not situationally dependent. Joy has the stability of a solid rock.
We are told that a merry heart is ‘good medicine for the soul’. A joyful heart knows no bounds. When you search for that joyful heart with all your strength and all your mind, you will definitely find it because it is not bought but ‘cultivated’. ◊
“You have turned my mourning into joyful dancing. You have taken away my clothes of mourning and clothed me with joy.” Psalm 30:11(NLT)
Linda Pearl
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