We Can Learn to Be Happy

By Greg Baer M.D.

October 7, 2020

Many years ago my son Joseph was practicing the piano in the music room. Over and over I heard him play the wrong note in a particular passage, and eventually I called out to describe his mistake. Still he played the wrong note, which puzzled me.

I walked in to watch Joseph play and discoveredā€”for the only time in my lifeā€”that the note printed on the page was wrong. I knew the piece, so I used a pen to correct the error.

By that time, however, Joseph had learned to play the wrong noteā€”it had become a habitā€”so he continued to play the note incorrectly several more times. With practice he learned to play the note and the piece accurately.

It is my experience that we do not intentionally play the wrong notes of our lives, just as Joseph did not intend to play the wrong musical notes. No, we lie, express anger, and manipulate people because weā€™re playing from music printed with the wrong notes. We have little choice but to play the notes that were given to us.

If the notes are correctedā€”if we learn correct principles in place of the errors we were taughtā€”we can begin to choose faith, truth, and love. In many cases, we have been playing the wrong notes for decades, so even when we do learn true principles, we continue to play the wrong notes. But with practice, we can learn beliefs, feelings, and behaviors that are far more productive. We can learn to be happy.

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About the author 

Greg Baer, M.D.

I am the founder of The Real LoveĀ® Company, Inc, a non-profit organization. Following the sale of my successful ophthalmology practice I have dedicated the past 25 years to teaching people a remarkable process that replaces all of life's "crazy" with peace, confidence and meaning in various aspects of their personal lives, including parenting, marriages, the workplace and more.

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