Incongruence leads to chaos

Are you impressed that I used such big words in the title? Don't be - if it weren't for spell-check I would have never got them right. I heard someone this week talk about how Pascal developed the "law of congruence." The basic idea is this: everyone is seeking happiness and that motivates most of our actions. Whether we pick an argument or avoid one, we're doing it because at some level we think that it's ultimately what is going to make us happy (or at least happier than all of the other choices). Are you with me so far?
Here's where it gets tricky: sometimes we do things that don't line up with our personal beliefs and values. And that incongruence leads to a tension that we have to resolve. For example, if I believe honesty is important and I generally consider myself an honest person, then when I find myself lying to get out of a jam, I experience a tension between my beliefs and my behavior. Somehow I'm going to hae to resolve the tension. I either have to (a) decide that honesty isn't really that important, (b) change my view of myself so that I'm basically a dishonest person, or (c) STOP LYING!! Did you catch my subtle hint at which choice is best?
So if you've been stressed or easily overwhelmed lately over "little things," then maybe the real problem is that you've got some discongruence in your life (AKA sin). So take a minute and think about it, because you're going to have to resolve that tension one way or another.