If we can't find happiness in the all consuming love of God... how are we ever going to channel it to the world?
This will, Solzhenitsyn argues, can
not find happiness in serving any abstraction, even one so grandiose as heaven on earth.
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It's going to be very hard to sustain a successful relationship if you have
not found happiness within yourself.»
You won't find happiness, however, if you don't step out and seek it.
Though this is perhaps the less traditional route, that doesn't mean that you can't find happiness through it.
I scratched my head in wonder as to why this pair of one - dimensional characters couldn't find happiness in such a shallow story.
Occasionally drags, but offers a relentlessly stark glimpse into the morbid, tragic life of two lost souls who haven't found happiness or prosperity.
If a cartoon celebrity horse can't find happiness, can anyone?
The not - so - subtle message here is that one should
not find happiness or success in life at the expense of others.
Distraught, they try their best to adjust to life without competing for the gold, but can't find happiness in doing menial work.
Not exact matches
An earlier study
found that people who volunteered had higher levels of self - esteem and
happiness compared to people who don't.
«What we
found is that people who spent money to buy time reported being almost one full point higher on our 10 - point [
happiness] ladder, compared to people who did
not use money to buy time,» wrote Elizabeth Dunn, an author of the study and a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia.
Two Swiss economists who studied the effect of commuting on
happiness found that such factors could
not make up for the misery created by a long commute.
In a review co-authored in 2011 by Yale psychologist June Gruber, researchers
found that the pursuit of
happiness can actually lead to negative outcomes —
not because surrounding yourself with positive people, mastering a skill, smiling, getting therapy or practicing self - governance aren't conducive to
happiness, in and of themselves, but because «when you're doing it with the motivation or expectation that these things ought to make you happy, that can lead to disappointment and decreased
happiness.»
When he
founded Elite in 2004, the then 26 - year - old Kirshner's goal was to create a company that didn't treat its employees like disposable cogs, but instead, make their
happiness its central mission.
Gilbert, author of Stumbling on
Happiness, encourages audience members to look past short - term, material, and goal - oriented happiness in order to find a kind of happiness that can be sustained when things don't go according
Happiness, encourages audience members to look past short - term, material, and goal - oriented
happiness in order to find a kind of happiness that can be sustained when things don't go according
happiness in order to
find a kind of
happiness that can be sustained when things don't go according
happiness that can be sustained when things don't go according to plan.
So while the Beatles may have been right that when they sang «can't buy me love,» you can aim to squeeze the maximum amount of
happiness out of whatever financial situation you
find yourself in.
I believe America's answers are to be
found with, by, and in the individual American honestly pursuing
happiness not in 2,000 page bills.
Jumping from career to career didn't help me in
finding stability, confidence, or
happiness, and I struggled to make peace with my life at the time.
When you learn to love the process of what you are doing and
not focus so much on the goal, you automatically
find happiness while staying driven.
In Give and Take, Wharton professor Adam Grant says that when people
find purpose in their work it will
not only improve that person's
happiness, it will boost productivity.
He and his family keep expenses relatively low by
finding happiness in things that don't cost as much money, like hanging out with friends over home - cooked meals.
«I don't have to chase extraordinary moments to
find happiness — it's right in front of me if I'm paying attention and practicing gratitude.»
And while it isn't impossible to overcome an incredibly domineering and controlling family — as you'll see — it does make
finding success and
happiness a lot harder.
[14:18] Rules of the game to succeed, but
not for fulfillment [14:40] God loves diversity; same is true with people — different sources of fulfillment [14:55] Success without fulfillment is the ultimate failure [16:53] We all have something different as our inner desire, you need to
find what fulfills you [17:05] A cautionary tale: Robin Williams, the loss of a national treasure [18:42] He lit everybody up, except himself [19:15] Most of us live a life where we succeed but we're
not truly fulfilled [20:10] Richard: Tony, what is your method for
happiness?
But economists who study the relationship between money and
happiness have consistently
found that, above a certain income, the two do
not reliably correlate.
When I'm
not delivering
happiness to Buffer's customers you can
find me at your local coffee shop getting a coffee buzz or soaking up some sun at the beach.
Someone practiced in the art of
finding happiness and fulfillment wherever she happens to
find herself is already mostly prepared to adjust her spending downward in the face of post-retirement market declines, or defer the much - desired house because she's just
not earning enough as soon as she thought she would to make it a wise purchase.
This isn't about «is God real» but about a handicapped guy
finding some acceptance and
happiness.
It doesn't matter if it's a church, a library or a doctor's office - he's
finding happiness in this world.
We don't need false religions and false science to
find happiness.
But it still isn't about whether god is real or
not, but about the guy
finding some
happiness.
What you don't seem to get is the
happiness, the peace and the comfort I
find from my faith.
«I can stop and catch my breath / and look no further for
happiness / and I will
not turn again / cos my heart has
found its home.»
Not only is it a significant step toward
finding happiness, it is also a vital stop along the journey of
finding true love.
I guess that C.S. Lewis — here at least — spoke of pleasure rather than of Christian
happiness which, of course, can
not be
found in any outwardly oriented religion if we are
not indwelt by the Holy Spirit who gives us love, joy, peace, and much more (Gal 5:22 - 23).
You don't have to
find the One or even
happiness; you only have to glorify God.
If so, are you aware that the words «
happiness» or «happy» are
not found in the definitions of either word in any standard English dictionary?
The scriptural witness of the prophecies should be enough as a basis for faith; Mary did
not find the Lord through her quest for his body, but only through answering his personal call to her; she must
not cling to his bodily presence, for his life is now on another plane, with the Father who is the Father of all those who follow Jesus because he is his Father who has raised him from the dead; Thomas is offered sight and touch, as a gracious concession to his lack of faith; but he does
not believe because of this, but because the risen Lord addresses him; and the
happiness of those who have faith without sight is greater.
Your attention isn't where it needs to be and you will never
find happiness.
Anyway, glad he and many others
finds happiness in religion, thankfully I don't need that stuff to be happy or moral.
The
happiness that comes, when any does come — and often enough it fails to return in an acute form, though its form is sometimes very acute — is
not the simple ignorance of ill, but something vastly more complex, including natural evil as one of its elements, but
finding natural evil no such stumbling - block and terror because it now sees it swallowed up in supernatural good.
Happiness is a test,
not only of one's power to
find in duty a privilege and
not a burden, to discern redeeming elements in untoward situations; it is a test also of the degree to which we are achieving an inward release of our own personalities.
The question prospective mates should ask is
not: Can I
find happiness with this other person?
well just thinking about these wars in the muslim / mid-east world over religious differences (which may reflect mental states in many ways) in a world where most realize that living in the present moment is best way to
happiness and being in the moment in non-strife and awareness through the teachings of masters such as
found in the buddhist, taoist, zen, etc., etc., etc. spriritually based practices of religious like thought and teachings, etc. that to ask these scientifically educated populace whom have access to vast amounts of knowledges and understandings on the internet, etc. to believe in past beliefs that perhaps gave basis and inspiration to that which followed — but is
not the end all of all times or knowledges — and is thus — non self - sustaining in a belief that does
not encompass growth of knowledge and understanding of all truths and being as it is or could be — is to
not respect the intelligence and minds and personage of even themselves —
not to be disrespected nor disrespectful in any way — only to point out that perhaps too much is asked to put others into the cloak of blind faith and adherance to the past that disregards the realities of the present and the potential of the future... so you try to live in the past — and destroy your present and your future — where is the intelligence in that — and why do people continually fear monger or allow to be fear — mongered into this destructive vision of the future based upon the past?
3rd Seminar: Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologiae (selections) The third seminar will discuss Thomas Aquinas» various arguments that
happiness is
not found in wealth,
not in honor,
not in fame, and
not in power.
Aquinas also argues that
happiness is
not found in pleasure,
not in any bodily good,
not even goods in the soul.
Good luck with your search and i hope you ultimately
find happiness, I have no right to influence you in anyway but I will ask you to please be objective in your search and truly look for what makes sense to you do
not just follow a religion because society says you should.
Happiness might
not be
found in a Texas ruling but in a Berkley ruling you might
find it.