2 nephi 5:26 - 6:7
what do you think it means to "live after the manner of happiness"?
--> when i was serving a full-time mission in calgary, canada, i discovered this scripture on a particularly optimistic day. i was reading and during my studies just shouted out, "yes!! that's it!!" from then on, it's become a life motto, ya know, like one of those sayings i'm totally going to print off in vinyl and hang on my wall one day!
i've thought a lot about how happiness is a choice in the past few years. i feel blessed to have met some really incredible people with some really unbelievable challenges. there are some that are bitter, some that are "meh", and some that find true joy in the journey and use their challenges as a way to sympathize with others and draw closer to the Savior. the third group is choosing to be happy and is noticeably such. if i didn't know anything about their lives, i would think nothing was wrong with them. this is the type of person i want to be. to SEEK after the manner of happiness so i can live after it, too.
true happiness comes in and through following the teachings of the gospel of the Savior Jesus Christ. i know that with all my heart because i see that pattern in my life. want to live after the manner of happiness? be a more dedicated disciple of Jesus Christ. the end.
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