momentary happiness

today's lecture was on positive psychology.
totally amusing, somewhat useless.
and i practically didn't agree with everything. probably because happiness was the result of what we do think feel etc. but i don't believe people are happy in and of ourselves. hmmm.

but. in terms of material happiness - some amazing stuff:

linguistics coursework worth 25% of final module grade ... i got 78%
first essay in ... i got 72%
first lab report in ... i got 66%

not-so-momentary happiness... word of the day: Deuteronomy

you must be thinking... omg old testament... the law... and that chapter... the whole chapter on how the Lord will curse you if you break the law 0_0 eep.

but this gives me hope -

Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree”),
~Galatians 3:13

and

The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors, with the scab, and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed. The LORD will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of heart. And you shall grope at noonday, as a blind man gropes in darkness; you shall not prosper in your ways; you shall be only oppressed and plundered continually, and no one shall save you.
~Deuteronomy 28:27-29

-no skin disease shall come near me (no cold rash! no cracking from dryness etc.!), nor madness, nor confusion (and i have been feeling rather insane. i actually sat for 30 min unable to do anything cos too many things were vying for my attention... thought my mind would snap or something... and all this love business is confusing. rather.) oppression has no power over me, for Jesus is my saviour-

i receive it. i believe it. i refuse to accept this fragility... this emptiness... this insanity.
[although for the life of me i really don't feel it =S]