EP229: Advent Week 3 -- Joy > Happiness / Covid Restrictions and Conflicts Heat Up / The World is Way More Normal Than We Think / A lot more!

On this Episode: -Week 3 of Advent has the theme of Joy. Joy might be the emotional marker of this season for most people. I'll take the time to differentiate between deep-rooted joy and situational happiness. We also examine the 4 core places the human heart goes for joy (approval, influence, comfort, and control), and why those place never lead to joy. -Over the years, from all sides, I have heard predictions so wild that they would fundamentally alter the world. We heard plenty of those about last month's election, for example. Nevertheless, here we are. The world is actually really normal. If we'll embrace that and stop searching for secret meanings or worrying about impending dooms, we'll all be happier. -Covid restrictions are leading to conflicts between governments and citizens. We really need to decide what a government can do to us and what they can't. -I give a full 15 minute to the voter fraud allegations of the last month.