August 12, 2009
With happiness, you have power and control.
True and lasting happiness may be the intersection of science and religion, the emotion that gives us power and control. Scientists and spiritual leaders agree on the importance and the source of happiness. Happy people are energetic, creative, and looking for win-win solutions. They tend to give to others more and build on strengths more. Coincidentally, giving to others and using strengths to work for the greater good are also sources of happiness. Using power at the expense of others or pursuing pleasure for its own sake only provide temporary happiness at best.
A butterfly uses thousands of tiny temperature sensors in its wings to feel where the sun is strongest in order to position itself to dry its wings quickly. Like the butterfly, we humans can rely on all the complex signals that make up the feeling of happiness to adjust our thoughts and actions to raise our spirits quickly. When we feel happiest, we are controlling our power for the greater good.
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With happiness, you have power and control.
Affirmation
I look for the knowledge and wisdom to make myself and others happy because happy people control their power to use it for the greater good.
Journal or Meditation Question
Where am I using power without wisdom? Where do I need more knowledge to have the power to make the changes I want? How can I tune in to what makes me happy to find both?
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