A study by Shawn Achor and the Arianna Huffington found that listening to just three minutes of bad news in the morning can make you 27% more likely to report having a bad day six to eight hours later.

If this study proves anything, if it’s true, it’s that it’s too easy to feel stress in today’s society. With the abundance of stressors today, not doing anything to combat our stress is actually a choice for stress. Because stress is so readily available today, we must make joy a discipline.

Putting the word “joy”and “discipline” in the same sentence together doesn’t make sense at first. One word sounds bright and the other sounds morose. So, how can the two fit together? Joy is not something we automatically have, it must be cultivated,( hence, a discipline ).

Joy is not automatic. It is a discipline, a daily choice we must make. It is important that we understand this, especially since stress is so easily available to us today.

As you embark on a new week, pray for God to increase your capacity for joy in a stressful world.

Happy Sunday and have a joyful week ahead.
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