Surviving Suffering

Pain hits us hard on occasion. It can’t always be avoided, but suffering is optional. Suffering is a perspective. Paul, a Follower & missionary of Jesus, calls them, “momentary light afflictions”.
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Suffering is what happens when we are in denial to what is! We all have these expectations of what life should be. When we look at what we think “should be”, and realize how far we are from that...that’s where our suffering exists.
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The way to diminish the suffering and depression. Is to diminish the gap! By changing what we can and accepting what we can’t.
So we quit fighting what “is”...what we can’t change. Ask what can I learn from it. How do I move forward from here?
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Choose happiness! Be happy with or without your ideal weight. The ideal paycheck. The ideal friendships. Quit putting happiness off until the right thing happens.
Pick happiness up...and put it on! You have one life...own it!