{"id":393,"date":"2016-01-04T09:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T15:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/?p=393"},"modified":"2015-12-29T21:21:06","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T03:21:06","slug":"what-makes-you-happy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2016\/01\/what-makes-you-happy.html","title":{"rendered":"What makes you happy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/files\/2015\/12\/IMG_1072.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-376 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/388\/2015\/12\/IMG_1072-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_1072\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>What makes you happy? What can bring a smile to your face at just the very memory of it? As a new year is welcomed, and new year&#8217;s resolutions fall by the wayside within a few days, which often happens to me, consider making a resolution to write something every day or at least once a week a list of what makes you happy. I had a teacher who gave me a book with thousands of things to be happy about in case I couldn&#8217;t make up my own.<\/p>\n<p>And sometimes it is hard to think of something. It can even feel impossible at times. So, if you create a list at the beginning of the year, it may be easier to find something if a difficult time comes.<\/p>\n<p>Is there a certain scripture passage that makes you happy? Maybe take a look through the bible and collect some passages that bring you strength and peace. Perhaps even keep the list inside your bible.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to share what makes you happy and give others some ideas!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What makes you happy? 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As a new year is welcomed, and new year&#8217;s resolutions fall by the wayside within a few days, which often happens to me, consider making a resolution to write something every day or at least once&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":591,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What makes you happy? - Through the Lens of Faith<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/throughthelensoffaith\/2016\/01\/what-makes-you-happy.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What makes you happy? - Through the Lens of Faith\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"What makes you happy? 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