JOURNAL/DON'T WORRY BE HAPPY

SOMEONE once wrote:  "JOY is the most infallible sign of GOD'S PRESENCE in our LIFE"

and in the GOSPEL it says:  "Thus Philip went down to the city of Samaria and PROCLAIMED the Christ
to them........there was GREAT JOY in that city"       Acts 8:5, 8

DEAR LORD-please HELP us to FIND eternal JOY AND HAPPINESS in our life and KEEP it in our LIVES FOREVER

IT is a GREAT DAY to be ALIVE in GOD'S ETERNAL LOVE and HAPPINESS for us!

LOVE YOU ALL












WITNESS




8-28-13




DON’T WORRY-BE HAPPY




Where do you find your happiness
In today’s world


Happiness is defined
As a state of good fortune-
Pleasure-contentment-or joy


I’m not talking about fleeting happiness
Not the kind that you get
When you hit a lottery number
Or buy a new car


I’m talking about
The kind of happiness
THAT LASTS
The kind that lasts
Regardless of your circumstances


DON’T WORRY
BE HAPPY


Surveys in today’s world
Tell us
That those who are the most happy
Are those living lives
Dedicated to helping others


They are those
Who out of faith
Deliberately set out
To live a life of service


And Jesus himself-tells us


“Whoever hates his life in this world
Will preserve it for eternal life” John 12:25


And


“Do nothing out of selfish ambition
Or vain conceit
But in humility
Consider others better than yourself


Each of us
Should look not only
To our own interests
But also to the interests of others” Philippians 2:3-4


DON’T WORRY
BE HAPPY


So whatever
Your state in life is
Whatever your problems are
Take your mind
Off of yourselves
Try to help someone else
With their problems
And your problems
Will get a little lighter


Jesus taught us
That in order to find ourselves
We must paradoxically
Die to ourselves


DON’T WORRY
-BE HAPPY


“Whoever finds his life
Will lose it
And whoever loses his life for my sake
WILL FIND IT” Matthew 10:39


It is said that our society
Is becoming
More and more self-focused
And self-seeking
So is it any wonder
That the surveys indicate
A general decline in our happiness


So take your mind
Off of yourself
Focus on someone else


and


DON”T WORRY-BE HAPPY


Robert P. Wallman
8-14-12


Ps Inspired by an article in Living Faith magazine by Monsignor Stephen J. Rossetti




WITNESS 8-28-13 & 5-7-14