Trust like Gideon
Trust like Gideon One thing this Covid -19 virus has taught me is that we don't need more. We think having more will make us happy. This is due to impact bias. It's a falliable belief that we can predict our future emotional states. I knew someone that would trade in their old car for a new one every few months. Why? They predicted getting a new car would give them the same level of happiness buying the initial car did. It turns out the more you have, the more you want, and that leaves us very unsatisfied. This reminds me of Gideon and the battle against the Midianites. He kept adding and adding to his army. Bigger is better, right? God told Gideon that his army was too big. I know what you're thinking. How can any army be too big? God wanted the Midianites to know it wasn't an army that defeated them, it was God. God told Gideon to make his army smaller. Gideon o...