4 Traits Joy-Filled People Have in Common (Monday Moment ep. 399)
Live Inspired Podcast with John O'Leary
John O'Leary
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🗓️ 4 October 2021
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
The key to real happiness, true contentment, and a continual state of joy has nothing to do with getting more.
It's the moment-by-moment choice to be grateful for what we have, selfless in what we do, connected with why we're here, and focused on becoming the best version of ourselves.
What we should strive for is not happiness, but an enduring state of joy.
Joy is a condition that isn't dependent on things going our way. It's not reliant on getting what we want. Joy is the ability to be lit up each day despite the challenges, despite the setbacks, despite the struggle. And it's a choice.
So how can we achieve a state of joy? Tune in to hear the four things the most joy-filled people I know have in common.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to Live Inspired Monday Morning Moments with John O'Leary. |
| 0:16.7 | I record these so that you and I can begin our days and our weeks in awe and on fire with a burst of inspiration. |
| 0:25.4 | What better way to begin with a little bit of inspiration than with a statement from one of my kids? |
| 0:31.6 | Here it comes. |
| 0:33.2 | Dad, if you give me your phone, I'll be happy. |
| 0:39.4 | Looking up at me with his blonde hair swooping across his forehead and his blue eyes, |
| 0:44.1 | radiating light, was my youngest son, Henry. |
| 0:47.8 | In some attempt to bribe me into giving him my phone, |
| 0:51.4 | he assumed his personal happiness was my primary goal for him. |
| 0:57.1 | And he was wrong. You see, I'm actually not into just being happy. And most certainly it's not the |
| 1:05.1 | ultimate goal I have for my children. Yes, happy is fine, but happiness is frequently dependent upon things going our way. |
| 1:15.2 | Happiness is playing on dad's phone or getting more ice cream or staying up late. All these things |
| 1:22.0 | provide that spark of happiness and all these things can be a lot of fun. And all these things |
| 1:27.4 | are extremely fleeting. |
| 1:30.2 | The phone runs out of batteries. |
| 1:32.1 | The ice cream melts. |
| 1:33.1 | The body needs rest. |
| 1:35.2 | Indeed, what we should strive for is not just happiness, but an enduring state of joy. |
| 1:42.8 | Joy is a condition that is not dependent upon things going our way. It's not reliant |
| 1:48.7 | on getting what we want. Joy is the ability to be lit up each day despite the challenges, |
| 1:55.1 | despite the setbacks, despite the struggles. And joy, this is the best part. Joy is a choice. So how can we achieve that state of joy? |
| 2:05.0 | The most joy-filled people that I know have four things in common. Here they come. They live gratefully. |
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