something to chew on
June 18th, 2009
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Filed in oracles | Tagged with QOTD | Comments (4)I have an old dead friend named Linda who was waist deep in loving Jesus and she used to tell me that it would be perfectly evident when I was living God’s Will for me because life would feel effortless and joy would abound. — BHJ
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Is that acceptance or escapism? The only people I’ve ever known who appeared that happy didn’t have a thought in their heads. Keep your effortless joy, I’ll keep my thoughts. (And oh yeah. God doesn’t exist.)
Trying to stir up some debate on the evocative premise. I respect the quest for inner peace, I really do.
i don’t agree that happiness is only achieved via escapism, and i don’t think at all that’s what this woman was saying. some of the happiest people i know are knee-deep in the trenches of life, doing difficult work in fields like human rights, teaching and health care. i think the use of the word “effortless” is misleading here; i think point of the quote is, when you find your Path, the one that gives you a Purpose, even if it’s steep and full of brambles, you become happy.
I have known more people who have escaped into religion than I have folks who found their true calling. In fact I have never known anyone who has found a true calling in the sense that you describe. I have heard of folks like Mother Theresa, but the only real world examples I know — folks who follow an inner drive — have lives full of exhaustion, doubt, and often sadness. It seems the calling gives them strength in the face of these challenges, but does not eliminate them. Have you known anyone who was truly happy in the sense it is described here? Had that person found Jesus or was it something else?