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What Is Happiness?

“Pain is what we feel when our soul touches evil. Happiness is what we feel when our soul touches love!” That’s a from a book by James McBride. Happiness is more than just being “content”. Being “content” is a more settled, a passive feeling, maybe like after one has just eaten a large meal. Life feels good, life feels just right, you wish things could just stay that way. Happiness is a more active feeling, a vibrant joy that sings and dances inside you. Something we want to share with the world around us, and the people we care about. Often what we feel is contentment though, and not happiness...

Posted by: Alexander Bartfield

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