Up to faith
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We believe that love is something that happens to us. We “fall in love” and fall out of it too. But that is not love—just infatuation. Love is a choice. Love is an action. Love is something we do. At its best, we can even love the unlovable.
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We also believe that happiness is something that happens to us. And to some extent that is true. Events can make us happy; events can make us sad. But we can also choose to dwell in sadness or to let it pass and instead choose happiness.
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Happiness can be intense, but it tends to fade. I think sometimes when we speak of wanting happiness we really mean peace. Peace, too, we think of as something that happens to us. But it too is a choice. We can choose inner-peace even in the midst of strife.