HopeFul Reflections

Have you taken stock of your life and noticed how miserable it can be? Have you seen how much you lack? Have you been faced with a challenge and felt wholly inadequate? Have you looked back on your life and wished someone more capable told the story? Have you had these thoughts and chosen to laugh at the absurdity of them all?

It’s quite easy to be upset over every little mistake in life, but that’s useless. Why torment yourself when you have enough trouble in your life? If your life is difficult, then it is your duty to find a reason to smile. Identify a course of action that will make it all worthwhile. Find the ability to say “Yes, everything around me is terrible, but isn’t it precious?” Learn to love this little life of yours.

I’ve had a year to complete many personal goals and it finally hit me last night as I had stayed up yet again. Here I was wasting another day. I was embarrassed with myself. I was on the phone with my girlfriend and I remembered all the bravado I had when the year started in describing all I was going to do. Here I was doing nothing to develop myself and convincing myself I was busy. Something had to change and I refused to spend all my time regretting life. I laughed at my poor attempts at self-improvement over the past 6 months, smiled, and set my alarm early. It’s time to work.

-JKG