P1: "I don't feel entitled to happiness."
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M*W: Why do you feel that way? I believe everyone is entitled to experience happiness. Being "happy" comes from within, not from without! You are dismissing your own power to be happy!
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water said:
P2: "I feel that is one of God's promises."
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M*W: Okay, but if you believe that it "is one of God's promises," why do you doubt that what your "God promised" to you that won't happen? If you believe in your God, why can you not believe in yourself? It is from within where all good things originate!
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P3: I feel like He broke His promise.
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M*W: I do understand what you are saying, but if "God broke his promise to you," you would have allowed it or even maybe wanted your God to "break his promise!" Ultimately, you are in control of your own happiness!
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I1 from P2: God promised you happiness, therefore you are entitled to it; you have the right to be happy. You're looking the wrong way to find happiness! Happiness is self-created.
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M*W: We all have the "right to be happy." That is not the promise of any "God." That is your rightful human choice. No one but you can allow yourself to be "happy."
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I2 from P3 and I1: Your right to happiness has been violated. It is up to YOU to find that happiness!
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M*W: If you feel your "right has been violated," then you, yes YOU, allowed it to happen! Stop trying to sabotage yourself!
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I2 is in dissonance with P1. You are holding inconsistent beliefs.
Happiness is yours for the taking. Why would you even look somewhere else to find it?
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M*W: water, I think you are confused.
(1) you desire happiness, but
(2) you believe happiness only comes from "God;"
(3) therefore, you are limiting your own happiness!
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