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In Order to be Happy, You May Have to Rebel Against Your Friends

In Order to be Happy, You May Have to Rebel Against Your Friends

Are You Willing to be Happy?

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There is an assumption by many circles, that being in a constant state of outrage is necessary.

Here’s the question you have to answer: Are you willing to be happy instead?

You have to be willing to experience radio silence from friends who don’t like that you’re not exhibiting faux panic. You have to be willing to not be invited over, because you have decided to just live your life, instead of reacting to every single report of the government’s actions. You have to be willing to move forward into the future in your own life, and trust that everything inside (and outside) of that is going to work out. Because the truth is that nothing is collapsing, there is no big national drama to attend to, and that you are not the Bruce Willis character in ARMAGEDDON, tasked with saving the world.

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