God is presence. Happiness is such a strange concept to me. It is one of those terms that gets used and thrown around so much that it is hard to know what it even means. I attribute this to the fact that happiness is a feeling and feelings fluctuate. Sometimes we have intense ones and sometimes we barely notice them. The primary definition of “Happy” according to the Oxford dictionary is an adjective that means a feeling of pleasure or contentment. It is often presented as something to be achieved. Given that it is a feeling, it naturally fluctuates which explains why sometimes one experience or thing can make us happy and then another time it does not. It is about our being. Perhaps if we focused on being who we are when we feel happy instead of trying to reach that state, more things would bring happiness. God invites us to be present to what is. God calls on us to look within ourselves to accept and embrace the fullness of the love in us. Knowing that today I can look myself in the mirror and appreciate who I am in God is not just happiness, it is a miracle.
My prayer for us is the courage to be content with the fullness of the love within us and create the feeling of happiness wherever we go today.
If God knows our hearts and the peace of love that lies within us, how might you experience being happy in your heart today? Share in the comments.
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