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People's Uncontrolled Happiness Factors
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| Repeated theme on the Happiness Hour, so I want you to start calling in now. | |
| Maybe I can help you get through this emotionally, or at least in terms of behavior. | |
| And maybe I can't, and maybe you will be able to share what you have done, if it's been successful. | |
| 1-8 Prager 776. I feel, I tell you, I think about the people in apartments, especially a New York-like apartment. | |
| Now, New York has voted Democrat, and I do believe that if you vote a certain way, and the people who do that, you are warned about them, as people have warned about the left being in power for decades, if it's not a century, and, or more. | |
| But nevertheless, I do feel for people who have been cooped up in an apartment. | |
| Here's an interesting question that you may have a thought on. | |
| What divides the mask wearer, the 24-7 one? | |
| I mean, nobody wears it to sleep, so it's not 24-7. | |
| It's, how about, 15-7. | |
| The people I see... | |
| Outdoors. | |
| The people I see outdoors wearing masks, even walking alone. | |
| What animates them? | |
| So I think I know the answer, but since I so don't relate to it, I can't fully understand it. | |
| Are any of you that frightened that you want to wear a mask? | |
| I don't mean in general, but now. | |
| You want to wear a mask because it's the safe thing to do, even if you're walking alone. | |
| Well, the thing on the driving in the car, I believe, I don't believe anybody is driving in the car alone. | |
| Let's put it that way. | |
| Wearing a mask because they think it will keep them safe. | |
| You don't think so either, right? | |
| Or you do think so? | |
| You don't know why. | |
| Alright, that's a good question. | |
| If you're one of them, tell us why. | |
| In fact, if you're one of them, we'll send you an award. | |
| You deserve some sort of prize for listening to this show and doing something so foolish. | |
| So, and you know, I won't insult you. | |
| I insult in general, but not to a person, because you're created in God's image, and I am very keenly aware of that fact. | |
| So these are the questions about how people are handling this. | |
| For myself, it's been a mixed bag because I have very, very good, as Dr. Marmer, the psychiatrist I have on the Happiness Hour said, you have, he said to me, great shock absorbers. | |
| And that's correct. | |
| But I also have... | |
| An immersion in reality because it's my temperament is not to tune out and because I have to do a radio show. | |
| I need to know what's going on. | |
| So I am more aware than most about what is happening to this country. | |
| The idea that there is an enemy within and the reference is entirely to Trump supporters. | |
| 74 million terrorists within. | |
| That's essentially the message that is going out at this time in this country. | |
| And so you feel vulnerable at your place of work. | |
| I don't blame you. | |
| So these are toughies. | |
| Look, the name of my book on happiness is Happiness is a Serious Problem. | |
| So is that not true? | |
| Is happiness not a serious problem? | |
| Of course it is. | |
| There's one other aspect that I'd like to isolate for your consideration. | |
| Most pain, in our society at least, has been caused by the micro, not the macro. | |
| As in macroaggression, right macro, the big picture. | |
| And I'm a fan of the macro, and I completely get disoriented when they give me their scenarios. | |
| But this is a new phenomenon that society is governed by models. | |
| And that has not done very well for us. | |
| If you asked, what would I have done better? | |
| I would have asked the... | |
| Those likely to get COVID because of age or infirmity to stay locked down. | |
| The rest of the society not to. | |
| To develop a herd immunity as a result. | |
| And I would know that there were limitations to my power. | |
| So that means you let people do what they want. | |
| But the Democrats have such power. | |
| In the political sphere that they won't allow you to do what you want. | |
| It's a big problem at this time, but I was saying the name of my book is Happiness is a Serious Problem. | |
| I have known all along that we were so lucky. | |
| Do you know, I don't think I've shared this. | |
| I've shared about Superman, but I haven't shared this. | |
| I look back at America when I was younger. | |
| And one of the distinguishing features of this country was it left you alone. | |
| And that is so important. | |
| A value. | |
| If you don't want the government involved in your life, you are in the majority of Americans. | |
| And yet, it intrudes more and more. | |
| I believe that the greatest source of unhappiness is events we cannot control. | |
| That's a big issue. | |
| You can be fully in charge of your own life, which is a very remarkable moral achievement. | |
| But you are not fully in control of macro life. | |
| So I get the challenges, believe me. | |
| 1-8 Prager, 776-877-243-7776. | |
| Alright. | |
| Let's go to Patsy, my apologies, in Glendale, Arizona. | |
| Hello from Glendale to Glendale. | |
| Hello, Dennis. | |
| I've been trying for years to talk to you, and I'm so excited. | |
| I've read your book. | |
| I loved your book, especially when you said, and I read it a long time ago, so obviously I'm not quoting you specifically, but where you said, life isn't fair. | |
| And it really isn't fair. | |
| But this political stuff's driving me crazy because it's playing with my faith. | |
| And how can God allow this evil to happen? | |
| Abortion, not supporting Israel, obviously, with the new administration, man being man, woman being woman, you know, all of this stuff. | |
| And I start rationalizing and saying, well... | |
| Maybe we're in the end times. | |
| Maybe he's going to come and make everything right. | |
| And then I start thinking, oh, is my faith failing? | |
| Because I know we're supposed to pray for our leaders, which I even do for Biden. | |
| I pray more for our nation, but I do pray for him. | |
| What can I do to... | |
| So I feel like I really have faith, and I'm not just rationalizing that, you know, God chose him as a leader for a reason, to show, to wake people up, possibly. | |
| I don't know. | |
| I'm struggling, Dennis. | |
| Right. | |
| No, no, God bless you. | |
| Look, first of all, remember this. | |
| To struggle is part of faith. | |
| The name Israel, God's chosen people, when he renamed Jacob Israel, Explain it. | |
| Read it. | |
| Read it in the Bible. | |
| Because he struggles with God. | |
| That's what Israel means. | |