Joyful Disposition

I believe happiness last for a moment but joyfulness lasts a lifetime. People often ask me why do I smile so much. The truth is most of the time I don't even know I am smiling. I try to mediate on the good virtues things that are profitable to the soul. Philipians 4:8 insturcts us to focus on the things that are true, noble, just, pure, lovely, of good report, and anything praiseworthy. I am certainly a product of atmosphere I was raised in a home full of laughter and I was often allowed to share my opinion and ideas in which made me have not an ounce of shyness. This article on happiness reflects helping others make us happy and visa verse http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/happinessproject/. We are to be helpers one to another and praying for one another when one is too weak. Aaron and Joshua held up Moses arms when he was too tired. David and Johnathan were best friends even though Johnathan's father sought to kill David. Hamlet's quote, "to be or not to be, that is the question". I chose happiness in life! Greater is he who lives in me, than he that lives in the world (1 John 4:4)