Happy? Hope From Hopelessness (Week One)
Are you happy? It's a simple question. You have a choice, to be honest. Either tell the truth, or lay a bold faced lie on me. You could say, "Yes, I am happy." And you might actually mean it. Things might be pretty good for you right now. You're content. Life is good. Or you could say like most of us, "Yes, I am happy." But you don't really mean it. In fact, you are lying through your teeth. Life is not good. You are not content. You just said that you were happy because you didn't want to tell the truth. Because telling the truth would mean that you would have to say, "No, I am not happy. I am miserable. I feel like crap. Life is pretty awful right about now. I don't see a way out of the mess I am in. I am as far from happy as I could possibly get." Like I said... you have a choice. The fact of the matter is that when someone asks you how you are doing, they usually don't want to know h...