(John with his dog Ruff)

HenryMakow.com – May 13, 2023

No headlines today. Too depressing! Like watching a corpse decompose.

We’re overcome with a feeling of helplessness as we watch our society rot. But we’re not helpless.

Ego (selfishness) is Satan.  Satan holds us captive. We can fight Satan by loving each other, In this spirit, I present my friend John who is still serving me and his growing circle of friends. 

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  John Bilyk is a friend of mine. He’s the only person I know who walks the walk, not just talks the talk. He is the happiest man I know. His secret is that he is NOT self seeking. The Pursuit of Happiness makes us miserable. Instead he has given his life to God.

He does what he thinks God wants from him. He spends his time helping people. This is his “job.”

He is a handyman but he doesn’t know what to charge because his focus is on helping people. They gratefully pay what they want. He visits his elderly father in a nursing home every day even though his dad chides him for not having a normal job. He doesn’t always feel like helping others but he does it. It’s his job. I believe the key to happiness is giving our lives to God and doing God’s will, however we interpret this. This is also the key to our personal and collective salvation. 

The Happiest Man I Know  (Updated)

From Feb 13, 2014
by John Bilyk — (henrymakow.com) 

Thankfully, life is largely a mind game. We live in our heads. And because of this, we can create our own reality.

Life literally is what we make it. I tell myself I’m a super nice billionaire that just happens to like the simple things in life. I walk through the park and tell myself that I own it. I have the gardeners cut the grass, and I even had a trail built just for me.

I’m such a nice guy though that I share my land freely with everybody. As a thank you, they wanted to build a statue of me but I told them no.  How would life be different if it were true?

The power to this lies in non materialism. Saying no to things. Being content with what you have. Living a simple life. Not wanting the fancy car or phone. Not wanting the trip to Hawaii. Not wanting fame, fortune or even love. Not wanting. Just accept things for the way they are. Most things are over rated anyways.

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