Trent Shelton

Yeah. At least in my experience it has, for sure.

Yeah. At least in my experience it has, for sure.

That's right.

That's right.

The principle is simplify happiness. And there's a saying that says, happiness works off of what's happening. And I agree, but that's external happiness. I don't believe internal happiness works off of what's happening. It's a choice that you make. Some people call it joy, but it's a choice that you make to say, I'm gonna choose to be happy.

The principle is simplify happiness. And there's a saying that says, happiness works off of what's happening. And I agree, but that's external happiness. I don't believe internal happiness works off of what's happening. It's a choice that you make. Some people call it joy, but it's a choice that you make to say, I'm gonna choose to be happy.

But a lot of us, our happiness is in the hands of all those things we just talked about. I'm gonna be happy when they love me. I'm gonna be happy when they accept me. I'm gonna be happy when everything goes right. And that is a disaster. for your worth. And so what I've learned is to simplify it.

But a lot of us, our happiness is in the hands of all those things we just talked about. I'm gonna be happy when they love me. I'm gonna be happy when they accept me. I'm gonna be happy when everything goes right. And that is a disaster. for your worth. And so what I've learned is to simplify it.

If you look at most people's happiness checklist on what it takes to be happy every day, Lord, it's like a million things, right? I gotta wake up on time. The Starbucks line gotta be short, right? It's this and this and this. And like, you have to check off all these boxes to be happy. And a lot of people in this world, we complicate happiness. And happiness is such a simple thing.

If you look at most people's happiness checklist on what it takes to be happy every day, Lord, it's like a million things, right? I gotta wake up on time. The Starbucks line gotta be short, right? It's this and this and this. And like, you have to check off all these boxes to be happy. And a lot of people in this world, we complicate happiness. And happiness is such a simple thing.

Happiness is an internal job that can come from ourselves. And I know it's easier said than done when you have so much chaos around you, but peace says, no matter the chaos around you, I'm not gonna let it kill the calm inside me. Peace says, yeah, the storm exists, it does. But guess what? The storm is gonna pass.

Happiness is an internal job that can come from ourselves. And I know it's easier said than done when you have so much chaos around you, but peace says, no matter the chaos around you, I'm not gonna let it kill the calm inside me. Peace says, yeah, the storm exists, it does. But guess what? The storm is gonna pass.

And so I would challenge everybody listening to us, how can you make happiness so easy to obtain that you had no choice but to be happy every single day? And maybe not the whole day, but the moment. I have a little area in the book and it's called Morning Marley. Marley's my daughter. And I realized this as we get older, we complicated a lot more and I'm guilty of it.

And so I would challenge everybody listening to us, how can you make happiness so easy to obtain that you had no choice but to be happy every single day? And maybe not the whole day, but the moment. I have a little area in the book and it's called Morning Marley. Marley's my daughter. And I realized this as we get older, we complicated a lot more and I'm guilty of it.

And I'll never forget Marley. I'm sure you had this happen with your kids. Marley comes in the room at like 7 a.m. Sun rises up. She opens up our blinds. I'm tired. And she's singing a song. It's morning time. And she's so happy that it's morning. And the first thing I want to say is Marley, go back to sleep. But I caught myself and I said, wow. She's happy because it's morning.

And I'll never forget Marley. I'm sure you had this happen with your kids. Marley comes in the room at like 7 a.m. Sun rises up. She opens up our blinds. I'm tired. And she's singing a song. It's morning time. And she's so happy that it's morning. And the first thing I want to say is Marley, go back to sleep. But I caught myself and I said, wow. She's happy because it's morning.

Trin, when's the last time you've been happy that you woke up and that it's morning? Or you need some great thing to happen for you, for you to be happy. When she brushes her teeth, she has the brush your teeth song. She's happy to brush her teeth. And so if we get back, I believe this is why God tells us to be childlike. Because when we get away from being childlike,

Trin, when's the last time you've been happy that you woke up and that it's morning? Or you need some great thing to happen for you, for you to be happy. When she brushes her teeth, she has the brush your teeth song. She's happy to brush her teeth. And so if we get back, I believe this is why God tells us to be childlike. Because when we get away from being childlike,

we start to have all this complication around what brings us joy, what brings us happiness. Go look at a kid. A kid, they can hate you one second, love you in two seconds later. They're quick to forgive. They find happiness in simplicity. Playing outside, playing in the bathtub. At what point in our life as grownups that we start becoming so cold and so boring and just so tight with life?

we start to have all this complication around what brings us joy, what brings us happiness. Go look at a kid. A kid, they can hate you one second, love you in two seconds later. They're quick to forgive. They find happiness in simplicity. Playing outside, playing in the bathtub. At what point in our life as grownups that we start becoming so cold and so boring and just so tight with life?