Happiness can be consistent. This is different from obnoxious cheerfulness or fabricated optimism. General happiness, the kind that we can experience consistently, means existing in a state of overall satisfaction for life. No, this does not mean dismissing the need for change or improvement. It doesn't mean pretending everything in our lives is perfect. It means existing. Just existing. And existing means consistent happiness because ultimately, things are in order. There's enough air for us to breathe, our thoughts are in our full control, the sun comes up every morning just as we expect it will, smiling at strangers is still strangely satisfying, and everything in and out of the world God has created is ultimately in order.
Sure, you might be in a tough spot right now, but step back for a moment and look at things through a bigger scope. Better yet, get rid of the scope. Just look at life, and yourself, for what it really is: Exhilarating, dimensional, and full. There's enough of every good thing. And you've got to learn to let yourself out of the scary box you store yourself in, and occasionally feel the whole of existence in and around you.
That's what a slowmotion moment is: Step out of the rush of things (because the world doesn't always have to be chaotic), and for just a moment, relish in the infinite capacities and sheer truth that life is made of. You're damn lucky.
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