Responsible Happiness

Taken from a comment that I made at my friend's blog. http://defragment.me/thoughts/live-love-and-be-yourself

*Hypothesis*
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Maybe Responsibility and Happiness are not mutually exclusive.

Responsibly happy and happily responsible.

Assuming this box [] is a constraint set up before us.

Responsibility then comes from a commitment to operate within this [].

Happiness is then derived from operating freely within this [].

And then there are []s within [].

Also []s are dynamic except for the outermost.

Understanding what is the outermost [] is the start of the journey towards eternal bliss.

The one who create the [] has authority over it.

Knowing and honoring the who is an act of worship.

Some worship self.

Some worship family.

Some worship tv.

Some worship Apple.

Some worship the Universe.

Some worship God.

*Anecdote*
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A wife brought up 3 kids single-handedly after her husband left her for another women. It was tough because one of them had severe autism. She struggled for years with thoughts of divorce. But because she worships a Christian God, she reads the Bible which mentioned constraints regarding divorce. Little did she know that her understanding of the subject was from a human point of view, which isn't the outermost box when it comes to worshiping God.
It was only when she saw it from God's point of view that she understood - her husband had already divorced her years ago. A profound revelation that allowed her to move on in happiness.

*Summary*
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Worship -> Authority -> [[]] -> Responsibility -> Happiness -> Bliss

*Comments*
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Thanks again to Winnie for a thought provoking post. :]