What Are You Thinking About?

What makes you happy?

So much of the media - both the legacy media and social media - revolves around riling people up about something and making them outraged or angry. As a result, it's easy to believe that the world around us is a horrible place and worse than it's ever been. 

But is it? Or is that just our perception because of what we are exposed to day after day? 

We all know what makes us mad (and so does the media). But what makes you happy? What brings joy to your life?

Maybe if we focused more on those kinds of questions, we would experience more happiness and joy. 

The Apostle Paul put it this way in Philippians 4:8 "Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things."

Of course, if we did that, we might have to get off of social media and turn off the news. But would that be such a bad thing?