Finding Joy Through Serving Others

It’s hard to be happy when you’re selfish. It’s way easier to be happy helping others...don’t believe me, try it...As strange as it sounds, one of the best things you can do for you is to quit doing so much for you. Maybe you’ve experienced this before when you volunteered somewhere or worked on a service project. You found that when you tried to make someone else’s life better, yours seemed to get better too. When you gave yourself up, you ended up liking yourself better. When you poured yourself out, you ended up full. Can’t be, right? Well, it isYou see, God created us to be healthiest and happiest when we’re loving one another, caring for one another, forgiving one another, and carrying one another’s burdens. Selflessness will lead to happiness...I believe it. Look man, I get it, it doesn’t seem to make sense. Consequently, most of us don’t do it. Or we don’t do it often enough. We say we don’t have time to volunteer. We’re too busy to serve. But the hours we spend trying to exercise, acquire, and consume our way to happiness—the hours we aren’t leveraging for others—are undermining the very happiness we’re chasing. So, maybe right now isn’t the time for you, maybe it is. But the answer to “who can you serve?” may just be the answer to what you need to be happy...Be Nice. Grace Wins. FMJHappy Anniversary Valerie. I love you.