{"id":69,"date":"2017-02-27T04:56:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T04:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ericamccann.com\/?p=69"},"modified":"2025-02-23T05:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T05:00:20","slug":"happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ericamccann.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/27\/happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So, I don\u2019t think enough people actually read my blog for this to be necessary, but just in case I have millions of secret followers who are just obsessed with the sporadic ramblings of my life, I wanted to let ya\u2019ll know I\u2019m changing things up a bit!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I started this website with the intention of it being all about my music. I had all these ideas for adding a downloads page, links to my YouTube, a calendar for upcoming gigs, that kind of thing. But my music is still a work in progress. RIght now, my LIFE is what is happening. Motherhood, wife-hood, and music is there, too. But what I\u2019m more passionate about right now, even more than my music, is HAPPINESS.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I am a happy person. It hasn\u2019t always been that way. I have worked SO hard to get to where I am now, and I know I have a long way to go. But I have spent the last few years making changes to all aspects of my life, and it has helped me live a much happier, more fulfilling life. So I want to share my \u201chappiness secrets\u201d with you.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I\u2019ll still be sharing songs I\u2019ve written and all that, but most of my music is about trying to be happy anyway!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I truly believe that God wants us to THRIVE, not just exist. We should treat our bodies like they are the only ones we get. We should feed our spirits with positive, uplifting messages and knowledge. We should always try to be better than we are. We should overcome fear and let faith take its place.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I wrote this song a while ago, while I was pregnant with Amy. I was having a hard time handling my morning sickness in combination with my severe phobia of throwing up (emetophobia, it\u2019s a thing). Listening to the song now, it seems kind of mellow dramatic. But this song turned into being about so much more than that one challenge for me. Writing the words to this song was so therapeutic and helped me see how much God loves me and wants me to trust in Him, even when I hate waiting around in the dark. It\u2019s uncomfortable and scary to not know how long trials will last, or when they will come, but I know that whatever we face, it\u2019s for our good. Every hardship we face is BECAUSE HE LOVES US! Isn\u2019t that crazy? If we could just remember that when things get hard, so much fear could be replaced by faith and reassurance, knowing that it will ALWAYS be ok in the end.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So here\u2019s \u201cIt\u2019s Worth it.\u201d And I hope you continue to follow along for help in becoming a happier, healthier person.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"It&#039;s Worth It  - Erica McCann\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/espC6kEU1xU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, I don\u2019t think enough people actually read my blog for this to be necessary, but just in case I have millions of secret followers who are just obsessed with the sporadic ramblings of my life, I wanted to let ya\u2019ll know I\u2019m changing things up a bit! 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