Two Essential Pillars to Happiness - Bible Talk

[jennifer_bloom]

For years, I was lonely and even when I was surrounded by a loving church community and endless contact with friends between classes, the hole in my soul would not disappear. I now know, the void was coming from inappropriate worship and a lack of devotion to God, meaning I was depressed because I wasn’t worshiping God or I was depressed because I was worshiping other Gods like ego or pride or reputation or food or entertainment.

The second thing was, I was depressed because I was not being realistic in my approach to life. Weight loss goals are realistic when you exercise, money goals are realistic if your willing to work hard, education goals are realistic if your willing to crack a book and social goals are realistic if your willing to think and be humble. I was slacking off, by not doing my productive habits on a daily basis and skipping days in between, leading to unhappiness.

So Worship and Work are the two foundations to a stable mind and a happy life.

[loves2learn]

Goals are always better when they are SMART.
Specific
Measurable
Actionable
Realistic
Time-bound

[loves2learn]

Thank you for the mho :)

[collie22]

God likes doer's dislikes the lazy

[Ascarymanasks]

The whole point of god is to find joy in him to spread his glory and perfectness. That’s why you worship, pray, read, etc. the thing about a good goal is it should be specific, reachable but able to stretch your limits so you learn something, it should be something that you do for yourself not for someone else as it won’t be done as well as you could do it. Many people think that doing a lot for yourself is selfish. But it’s not as if you improve yourself you improve how you interact with others and make everything go smoother:).

[Rachelspiks]

Worship and work? No way! Having plenty of free time and no responsibilities whatsoever are the keys to happiness.

[Loveydove]

That kind of happiness fades. Those things will never satisfy completely

[Rachelspiks]

@Loveydove Everything fades away over time. In the end so will we. We may as well enjoy it while it lasts.

[littlelady1234]

Maybe us just had been keeping track of all he depressed people while other countries don’t as much