One of the best parts of going to Chick-Fil-A is the way every employee always responds to a customer's "Thank you" with a sincere "My pleasure!" Have you ever wondered why those two words hit such a sweet spot...deep in your soul?

It's because we are wired to find deep satisfaction having an impact for good in someone else's life. This is what it means to love one another. And we were made for it.

GRATITUDE is the thankful admission that we have been influenced for good by the love of another.

Despite our legalistic, "you better be good for goodness sake" upbringing, we are not wired to find this same kind of deep satisfaction simply by "being good." Good behavior offers us no rush of oxytocin-the love hormone. We are made for love!

Join us on this episode and linger in these TAKEAWAYs:

• We are created to find deep satisfaction, not in being good, but in being loved--and loving others.
• LOVE is the source of our pleasure--not goodness. Experiencing gratefulness is a part of the human experience when we take ourselves out of a "be good" narrative, and allow ourselves to "be loved" and "be loving."
• Being good is about my potential. Impacting and influencing the world FOR good is about my destiny! One will keep me striving and living in fear; the other invites me to thrive and live in love.

We mention these resources in this episode:

The Cure--What if God isn't who you think He is and neither are you? by John Lynch, Bruce McNicol, and Bill Thrall https://smile.amazon.com/Cure-What-isnt-think-neither/dp/1934104086/

Education by Design, Not Default--How Brave Love Creates Fearless Learning by Janet Newberry https://smile.amazon.com/Education-Design-Not-Default-Fearless/dp/057840835X/

Almost Home by Mercy Me https://youtu.be/8_ij-VGMMxQ

John 15 Academy https://john15academy.com

LOVE IS FEARLESS - Join the cause! https://loveisfearless.com