I started developing this post in response to a friend's FB post from the other day that has stuck with me, and then realized that I simply had to have written on this topic before. Sure enough. So just a thought or two.
Our friend posted that, from now on, she is simply going to do what makes everyone else happy. And a friend of hers objected that no, she owed it to herself to seek her own happiness.
Oh, no, and no!
If we will simply focus on being the person we should be, on doing things that allow us to respect ourselves, our happiness (and sometimes sadness and every other appropriate emotion along the way; see that previous post) will occur as a natural consequence. But the single greatest thing we do to interfere with the emotions we wish to experience more frequently is to make them our goal. On the other hand, I find that when I make my goals to be thankful for the many blessings in my life and to spend time with the One who loves me most, my life tends to be more full of joy.
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