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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="../assets/xml/rss.xsl" media="all"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Collected Reflections (Posts about happiness)</title><link>https://collectedreflections.com/</link><description></description><atom:link href="https://collectedreflections.com/categories/happiness.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><language>en</language><copyright>Contents © 2025 &lt;a href="mailto:collectedreflectionsblog@gmail.com"&gt;Samuel Eastlund&lt;/a&gt; </copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:55:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>Nikola (getnikola.com)</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>God's happiness</title><link>https://collectedreflections.com/posts/gods-happiness/</link><dc:creator>Samuel Eastlund</dc:creator><description>&lt;div&gt;&lt;h2&gt;God's Happiness&lt;/h2&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;God is happy because happiness is something unique to intellectual beings which posses their perfect good. God is himself perfect and an intellectual being, so possessing himself he is happy.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img alt="Christ teaching the beatitudes" src="https://collectedreflections.com/images/beatitudes.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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