Happiness

Where does happiness truly come from? Or maybe the first question we should think about is where do we think happiness comes from?

For a lot of people happiness comes from things that are tangible or create some form of pleasure in our lives. I will give you some examples. I love wild wings and whenever I go there I insist on getting 24 honey bbq boneless wings. Many people have memorized my order as well. I do that because I just think of the sweet goodness that is going to come from those wings. But even though they taste so good they are going to come out much worse later on. :-(

Another example can be much more serious. There might be a friend who does not treat you with total respect and/or they are a bad influence on you. You can be so blinded from these things because that person may make you feel good and happy. You will either realize that this is occurring and things will end badly or you won't and things will continue to get worse and will end even worse.

With either the food or the bad friend things won't end well. What if someone told you that these things were going to end bad? Would you still continue? That is when you should question your own judgement and determine if it is correct or if it is being skewed by that certain thing that is supposedly making you happy. You must reevaluate what you are doing our about to do. Otherwise you might end being very unhappy.

Now that I have given some examples it is time to ask the question, where does happiness truly come from? It has taken me a long time and a lot of living to simply realize this. No matter what the circumstance is, there is always a way to be happy. Yes it may mean you need to get rid of the thing that is supposedly making you happy in order to be even happier. The answer is The Lord! He can make every thing better and if you have something bad in your life that is taking you away from this true happiness then that thing needs to be done away with. If anyone thinks for one second that any person (other than Jesus of course) or inanimate object can bring you happiness then you are completely stupid. A great amount of maturing may happen in order to get past that simple fact.

Failure

At the start
You have your options
Which have been given to you by God Himself
Some things you choose will be successful
and others not so much
We strive to succeed
So much energy and heart put forth
Just to fall flat on your face
We all do it at one point in our lives
It can make us lose hope
Not only in ourselves but in the whole world
Even though it may hurt we still try again
Why?
Is it because we still have a slight glimmer of hope?
Is it simply for self gratitude?
Or maybe it is just the way God has wired us?
No matter how hard we fall
Or how many times
We still have one thing that is not driven by hope
It is instead a cold hard fact
God will always LOVE us and will be there for us
So no matter how far you have fallen there is always a way back to the top
GOD.

People can really get under your skin sometimes. It seems to me that your friends and how you feel about them go through a kind of vicious circle. You will live hanging out with them for a decently long time and then something happens and you can't stand them. You don't want to be around them and you find yourself wishing they were more like you. But isn't that why you are "friends" with them? Because we find friends that are similar to yourself? Even though you might think they are your friend(s) they still can disappoint you. I have a friend and we have known each other for almost 10 years now. Recently he started dating and he is one of those people that becomes a totally different person when he is in a relationship. I don't understand how that happens. If there is a person who is or could be your significant other then wouldn't you want them to know the true you if you really wanted the relationship to last? Two faced people need to get over themselves. They are no better than the rest of us. It just shows you that you don't always know really what kind of a person they are. It took me 10 years to realize this.