"...we need to constantly address our value systems that we use to gauge our lives and the world around us." Nailed it there, in one line!! And in your closing:

"The nature of the enlightened soul is a state of happiness. Anything else is a sign that we are out of shape."

The choice is, always, to change the filter and revert to gratitude, happiness and the health which flows from that. Thank you for a really good post.