Never Happy

You meet them every day. Some on the street others in a store. They are every where and nowhere. I call them the never gonna get it right pessimists. You see they are the people who no matter what you do for them they will be unhappy. No matter how hard you try you won't ever get it right. There food is too dry, their clothes are too tight, their hair is too something, and their life just ain't right.

No one can fix it for them. They use so much energy every day building it up. The horrible terrible things that consume their lives are always there and they want to tell you about it. Your troubles are never as great as theirs and they can top any horror story you have. If I have painted the picture of someone you know then you also know the trials of dealing with someone like this.

How do you go about being a positive and happy person when every time you turn around the sky is falling? How is it that it is raining in their cubicle and the sun is shining in yours? What makes the difference? I will be the first to tell you that the world is not all sunshine and roses, but it is what you make it. You must get up every day and determine how your day goes. You are not in control of your life. If you let God take the wheel and pray through each all consuming doomsday thought you will find the weight on your shoulders just a bit lighter. You might even see a ray of sunlight peeking from behind yonder cloud.
A butterfly is an amazing example. Did you know that some butterflies only live for 1 hour. They spend all that time in a cocoon, wake up, and have one hour to lay their eggs. Imagine knowing you had one hour to live and waking up to a blistery cold rainstorm. What would your outlook be? I believe that it is all in how you look at things. Those of us who choose to make our own happiness can find it wherever we go.
My recipe for happiness is:
3/4 cup of love
1 cup of trust
1/2 cup of patience
10 cups of prayer
1 teaspoon of stubborn perserverence

and the unending grace that God gives freely to those who trust in him. What's your recipe, and how's your outlook? If you are starting to sound like Chicken Little you may need to sit back and ask God to help you change.