Steadfast Romans

Rom 8:37 but in all these we more than conquer, through him who loved us;
Rom 8:38 for I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor messengers, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present,
Rom 8:39 nor things about to be, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of god, that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Amennnn. This is young's literal translation and I appreciate here how it doesn't pair bad&good, but identifies the things of life: prosperity and lackthereof, bringers of the word, powers that be, miraculous strength or violence, things at hand, or things about to be, neither barriers nor mysteries nor any building, creature, creation, or ordinance could possibly separate us from him. It doesn't say angels and demons, it says messengers and principalities (where angels don't have wings but feet and demons are anyone with authority).

I read an article about happiness and how the idea of happiness has changed over time, how it's always been abstract, and how only lately have we been entitled to it. So we are wronged or wrong when we're not feeling it, which brings us farther from it, ever-seeking and never attaining to it. It's always elsewhere so we refuse to just be and like where we're at and who we're with. We refuse to accept our circumstances even if they're just what we've been working toward for years. (where the journey gave a sense of purpose and anticipation - but we missed that because we were focused on the end...which ended up being unsatisfying. Suck major.)