Mi decisión de ser feliz tiene relación directa con el encuentro con una persona, a la cual le CREÍ CUANDO ME DIJO:
Felices los que tienen alma de pobres, porque a ellos les pertenece el Reino de los Cielos.
Felices los afligidos, porque serán consolados.
Felices los pacientes, porque recibirán la tierra en herencia.
Felices los que tienen hambre y sed de justicia, porque serán saciados.
Felices los misericordiosos, porque obtendrán misericordia.
Felices los que tienen el corazón puro, porque verán a Dios.
Felices los que trabajan por la paz, porque serán llamados hijos de Dios.
Felices los que son perseguidos por practicar la justicia, porque a ellos les pertenece el Reino de los Cielos.
Felices ustedes, cuando sean insultados y perseguidos, y cuando se los calumnie en toda forma a causa de mí.
Para comprender todo esto, hay que vivirlo, experimentarlo, testimoniarlo.
HACE 18 AÑOS TOME LA DESICION DE SEGUIR A CRISTO, Y DESDE ENTONCES SOY FELIZ
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1581994/Believers-are-happier-than-atheists.html'Believers are happier than atheists'
By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent
12:01AM GMT 18 Mar 2008
People who believe in God are happier than agnostics or atheists, researchers claimed yesterday.
A report found that religious people were better able to cope with disappointments such as unemployment or divorce than non-believers.
Moreover, they become even happier the more they pray and go to church, claims the study by Prof Andrew Clark and Dr Orsolya Lelkes.
The research, presented at the Royal Economic Society's annual conference, echoes academic studies that have found religion can improve people's sense of wellbeing.
Using data from Britain and Europe, the study found believers enjoyed higher levels of satisfaction and suffered less psychological damage from unemployment, divorce or the death of a partner.
However, it also found that religious people across Europe tended to be more socially conservative and opposed to Government intervention in areas such as employment.
Believers, for example, were less likely to look for a new job if they were out of work.
Countries with a more religious electorate had lower unemployment benefits.
The study, Deliver Us From Evil: Religion as Insurance, found that less than a sixth of churchgoers in Britain believe it is better to divorce than stay in an unhappy marriage.
The authors of the study said: "Religion tempers the impact of adverse life events."
Religion 'linked to happy life'
headstones and steeple
Belief may make us more contented
A belief in God could lead to a more contented life, research suggests.
Religious people are better able to cope with shocks such as losing a job or divorce, claims the study presented to a Royal Economic Society conference.
Data from thousands of Europeans revealed higher levels of "life satisfaction" in believers.
However, researcher Professor Andrew Clark said other aspects of a religious upbringing unrelated to belief may influence future happiness.
What we found was that religious people were experiencing current day rewards, rather than storing them up for the future
Professor Andrew Clark
Paris School of Economics
This is not the first study to draw links between religion and happiness, with a belief among many psychologists that some factor in either belief, or its observance, offering benefits.
Professor Clark, from the Paris School of Economics, and co-author Dr Orsolya Lelkes from the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, used information from household surveys to analyse the attitudes of Christians - both Catholic and Protestant - not only to their own happiness, but also to issues such as unemployment.
Their findings, they said, suggested that religion could offer a "buffer" which protected from life's disappointments.
Professor Clark said: "We originally started the research to work out why some European countries had more generous unemployment benefits than others, but our analysis suggested that religious people suffered less psychological harm from unemployment than the non-religious.
"They had higher levels of life satisfaction".
Purpose of life
Even though churchgoers were unsurprisingly more likely to oppose divorce, they were both less psychologically affected by marital separation when it did happen, he said.
"What we found was that religious people were experiencing current day rewards, rather than storing them up for the future."
However, he said that the nature of the surveys used meant that undetected factors, perhaps in the lifestyle or upbringing of religious people, such as stable family life and relationships, could be the cause of this increased satisfaction.
The precise contribution of religion to mental health remains controversial, although there is other evidence that it does directly improve happiness, said Professor Leslie Francis, from the University of Warwick.
He said that the benefit might stem from the increased "purpose of life" felt by believers.
He said: "These findings are consistent with other studies which suggest that religion does have a positive effect, although there are other views which say that religion can lead to self-doubt, and failure, and thereby have a negative effect.
"The belief that religion damages people is still in the minds of many."
'Meaningless'
Terry Sanderson, president of the National Secular Society, which represents the interests of atheists and agnostics, said that studies purporting to show a link between happiness and religion were "all meaningless".
"Non-believers can't just turn on a faith in order to be happy. If you find religious claims incredible, then you won't believe them, whatever the supposed rewards in terms of personal fulfilment.
"Happiness is an elusive concept, anyway - I find listening to classical music blissful and watching football repulsive.
"Other people feel exactly the opposite. In the end, it comes down to the individual and, to an extent, their genetic predispositions."
But Justin Thacker, head of Theology for the Evangelical Alliance, said that there should now be no doubt about the connection between religious belief and happiness.
"There is more than one reason for this - part of it will be the sense of community and the relationships fostered, but that doesn't account for all of it.
"A large part of it is due to the meaning, purpose and value which believing in God gives you, whereas not believing in God can leave you without those things."
DagobertoJuan: Y su Palabra, nos insta a que siempre, aún sin importar las situaciones externas; podamos mantener el gozo, sobre todo, el gozo de Dios en nuestra vida: "Gozáos en el Señor siempre, otra vez os digo, gozáos"...
Muy bien Dagoberto, aunque yo creo que el gozo es sinónimo de felicidad, para no ser tan legalistas, el estar gozoso es estar feliz.
Parece ser que la felicidad, es algo que la conceptuamos de diferentes formas y maneras, pero habra alguna definición de lo que significa ser felíz, se puede ser feliz todo el tiempo o ¿son momento ocasionales? Como definiríamos oh explicaríamos la felicidad verdadera, ¿Desaria ser feliz todo el tiempo? ¿Se llegara a una felicidad eterna que no se acabe?
Bueno el tema esta abierto a cualquier opinion, definicion, y experiencia de porque usted dice que es feliz, oh diganos si la felicidad solo es una fantasía, una metafora, un sueño, un estado emocional pasajero, o una condicion estable de por vida. i Adelante !
Jesus revelo la felicidad en la ultima cena
Felices son los que tienen conciencia de su necesidad espiritual, puesto que a ellos pertenece el reino de los cielos.
Felices son los que se lamentan, puesto que ellos serán consolados.
Felices son los de genio apacible, puesto que ellos heredarán la tierra.
Felices son los que tienen hambre y sed de justicia, puesto que ellos serán saciados.
Felices son los misericordiosos, puesto que a ellos se les mostrará misericordia.
Felices son los de corazón puro, puesto que ellos verán a Dios.
Felices son los pacíficos, puesto que a ellos se les llamará ‘hijos de Dios’.
Felices son los que han sido perseguidos por causa de la justicia, puesto que a ellos pertenece el reino de los cielos.
Felices son ustedes cuando los vituperen y los persigan y mentirosamente digan toda suerte de cosa inicua contra ustedes por mi causa. Regocíjense y salten de gozo, puesto que grande es su galardón en los cielos; porque de esa manera persiguieron a los profetas antes de ustedes.
En cuanto a la Cena del Señor..."muchos son los llamados,pero pocos los escogidos"
AHORA ESTAS HABLANDO MEJOR
pero Jesus dijo si entienden estas cosas y las ponen en prctica seran felices
dos cosas entender lo que haces y porque los haces y ponerlo en practica , que no se quede solo en el entendimiento
y fue cuando le lavo los pies a sus discipulos enseñando que debemos servirnos unos a otros
BUSCA EL BIEN DE LOS DEMAS Y NO EL TUYO PROPIO
pablo le llamo a esto la ley de Cristo GA 2
este es el secreto de la felicidad, servir a los demas y negarse uno mismo
es todo lo contrario de lo que el mundo enseña