Blog 3578 – 08.23.2025

Happiness Is Listening To The Right Voice

How often the root cause of our unhappiness is holding onto unhealthy ideas and coping mechanisms that we learned as children from those who were supposed to love us, but were unable to for they did not love themselves. Emotionally unavailable parents, siblings, extended family, teachers, and friends, many meaning well who nevertheless taught us to feel unwanted and unworthy of love.

Children do not start out thinking such stupid thoughts. These ideas come from outside us and these voices are so loud that they often drown out the still small voice within us that says, “You are loved, you are loving, you are altogether lovely, you are Love for I am Love.”

Today’s painting is a picture of a little girl listening to the still small voice inside her, who knows beyond a shadow of a doubt just Who and Whose she is. Someday all those loud ugly voices will be forever stilled and we shall all know even as we are known. That day can begin today if remember that we like the little girl once listened only to the still small voice within us that says, “I love you so much!”

Are you listening?

Your friend and fellow traveler

David James White