Individual freedom is a Jewish idea, but it's one of the functions of Christianity to make this idea universal.
Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice.
We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.
Command by instinct is swifter subtler deeper more accurate more in touch with reality than command by conscious mind. The discovery takes one's breath away.