What really makes people happy?
In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson called the pursuit of happiness an unalienable right. This was a radical idea. For most of history, most people didn’t think much about pursuing happiness. They were too busy just trying to survive.
Then came the liberal revolution based on the idea of individual freedom. Only then did they start thinking that happiness might be possible on earth.
Unfortunately, somewhere along the way, the right to pursue happiness has been perverted into a government-backed entitlement to happiness.
British Prime Minister David Cameron says, “There’s more to life than money. … It’s time we focus not just on GDP, but GWB — general well-being.”
Well-being sounds good. But is that something that government programs promote?
Philip Booth, an economist with London’s Institute of Economic Affairs and editor of “… And the Pursuit of Happiness,” says no. He and economist Christopher Coyne of George Mason University, who contributed to that volume, were guests recently on my Fox Business show.
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Does anyone here envy the wealthy? I don't, I am pretty happy with the living I make and I have never desired to be rich. Making a decent living and providing for my family is what I desire and what makes me happy.
-davesI suspect that if you became wealty, you would learn how to live with that burden.
-Jeff DixonThe happiness of a believer in Jesus Christ depends on how much Bible Doctrine they know and apply to their daily life.
-msjallenPsalm 16:11 You will make known to me the path of life; in Your presence is fullness of happiness; in Your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.
Piggy backing on a different story, those Victoria Secret models seem to make many people very happy.
-Jeff DixonHappy the man, and happy he alone,
-Steve03He who can call today his own:
He who, secure within, can say,
Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Be fair or foul or rain or shine
The joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine.
Not Heaven itself upon the past has power,
But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
– Horace Odes 3.29 (Dryden tr)
One huge issue with all these churches, is they believe if you aren't doing the Lord's work, then you aren't doing the best you can.. But its just more evidence of the hypocrisy. God gave Christians many talents, and he wants us to use those talents. I heard a sermon once on how money is not a sin to have, but it is a sin to love money more than God. So I say to all these Christians who think that being successful, wealthy, having a lot of things is a sin, that God looks in the heart. The thing God wants most from us is our heart, and he has blessed us with talents, which we should use.
-Deep_Thinker