Everyone wants to be happy, and we are all chasing happiness in our own way.
- It starts when we are young.
- toy, bike, social interactions, pleasure, accomplishment
We often make the mistake of hoping that certain people or things will fill the hole, but sooner or later most of us come to realize that God can fill that hole that represents our deepest longings.
- The whole meaning and purpose of your existence is wrapped up in God.
- Separated from him, you and your life lose their meaning.
Who or what is at the center of your life?
- Reflect on the insanity of trying to resist God.
Do you sense that something is missing in your life?
- It’s okay to be dissatisfied.
- Being dissatisfied and pretending that we are not is the kind of lie that leads to spiritual and physical illness.
- Our dissatisfaction is trying to lead us to something better, or something different altogether.
Re-source: Recognize
identify (someone or something) from having encountered them before; know again
Recognize when our soul is hungry.
- Our stomachs growl when we are physically hungry. Our souls have a way of growling too.
- When we are spiritually hungry we become irritable, restless, and disconnected.
Resistance loves keeping us busy with anything but the one thing that will most help us grow.
- When we are too busy to reflect on how we are living our lives, it is almost certain that we are not busy doing the right things.
The inner life – our relationship with God and spirituality – is the leaven that allows every other facet of our lives to rise.
- Without this inner life, our lives are flat.
Our lives change when our habits change. New habits bring new life.
- “Nobody had ever taught me how to just spend time with God.”
- “It felt consciously peaceful. At the time I didn’t realize it, but my young soul was tired and hungry.”
craving and resource from “Resisting Happiness” by Matthew Kelly
