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 and 1-11-2023
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