Hello Everyone, This is Chaplain Sung Kim. I am Deputy CMD CH in the 63d Readiness Division. I pray you are well.
We all want “Happiness…but we are looking in the wrong places. In almost every nation when asked what they want most in life in 2021, people put happiness at the top of their lists.
Singer and diva, Madonna, is one of the wealthiest people in show business and has openly flaunted her self-indulgent lifestyle. A couple of years ago she was asked in an interview if she was happy. Her response was: “I don’t even know anybody who is happy!” Not only was she not happy, but she couldn’t think of anyone who was. If you can’t be happy when you have it all, how can you be happy?
In the study, published in Science, Nobel prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman and his co-authors argue that a phenomenon known as the “focusing illusion” misleads people into believing that more money can—or does—make them happier.
In one research study, people were asked if they would be happier if they lived in California. Most subjects thought so. Even Californians assume they’re happier than people who live elsewhere.
Yet, when the researchers actually measured the study participant’s well-being, residents from Michigan and other less weather friendly places were just AS CONTENT AS people living in California.
Daniel Kahneman says that nothing In Life Is As Important As You Think It Is, While You Are Thinking About It.
Happy people aren’t happy because they have more money, faster cars, or better looks than their less happy peers. Instead, where they differ is in their behavior: they engage in more behaviors that boost happiness, such as spending time with their family, practicing optimism, exercising regularly, savoring life’s pleasures, living in the present moment, or expressing gratitude for what they have.
Ecclesiastes 9:7 says, Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
Today’s Prayer: “Dear Lord, I pray that you bless me with true happiness and peace in life. Lead me away from hate and anger toward love. From restless mind and anxiety, give me peace. Lead me from fear of death to eternal life. Allow eternal peace and tranquility to fill my heart, my mind, my life, and my world. Amen.”
Have a blessed day! Blood and Fire!
Here is the direct email and phone number for anyone requesting support From
the 63d RD Chaplain office,
usarmy.usarc.63-rsc.list.chaplain-all-users@mail.mil
650-526-9668