In today’s GB News Daily Reflection, we reflect on being truly happy. "f you are constantly looking for opportunities for self-fulfilment, you always risk being disappointed. But opportunities to serve others will never run out. "Learning to take joy in things that add value to our lives and the lives of others will produce a steady stream of happiness in us and around us. "You know, Jesus was truly happy. Yet he died young, in poverty, not exactly a life of fulfilled self-expression, but the life he lived. "He lived for us so that we might like him, find joy, find happiness in lives lived in service of others."
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00:00the chibi news daily reflection one of the most difficult things about modern society is that we
00:10have linked happiness with self-expression I will be happy we believe to the extent to which I can
00:17fully explore and express myself problem is that's not true let me explain why happiness is never an
00:26end in itself if you just try to be happy it won't last contentment is only ever a byproduct of doing
00:35things that are meaningful and that add value to our lives and the lives of others so for self
00:42expression can never be as reliable a path to happiness a service of others if you are constantly
00:49looking for opportunities for self-fulfillment you always risk being disappointed but opportunities
00:55to serve others will never run out learning to take joy in things that add value to our lives and
01:03the lives of others will produce a steady stream of happiness in us and around us you know Jesus was
01:12truly happy yet he died young in poverty not exactly a life of fulfilled self-expression but the life he
01:20lived he lived he lived for us so that we might like him find joy find happiness in lives lived in service of others