John Mark Comer Teachings How to Become the Happiest Person Alive: Part 2 | Eating and Drinking E5
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Jun 10, 2022 AI Snips
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Set Your Mind on Joy
- You can't will joy directly, but you can set your mind on joy by curating your thoughts.
- Focus on good and beautiful things to make joy an inevitable byproduct of your thinking.
Surrender, Give Thanks, Focus
- Surrender the illusion of control to God by presenting your worries in prayer with thanksgiving.
- Focus your attention on all that is true, noble, and pure to cultivate peace and joy.
Negativity Bias and Media
- Our brains are biased towards negativity, making us fixate on bad instead of good experiences.
- Media and capitalism exploit this bias by emphasizing negative news for profit, skewing our worldview.