Up Late Again...Ugh Will I Ever Be Happy?

Well, here I am up late again. It seems that each and every evening I try to do things I did not get done during the day.

I finished my paperwork for my job. But I wanted so much to get the lawn mowed and complete just a few things on my "to do" lists.

I have to remind myself that all the pressures are not what are important in this life.

My wife's sister and her husband used to live in a tract home. I remember their yard was always full of weeds. Her husband told me that the neighbors had complained angrily about the weeds in his yard. I could see that running their business and managing their household and raising their kids took up all of the time they had. It was no wonder they did not keep the weeds our of the grass!!

I always think about this whenever I start to feel the pressure of getting things done--like getting the weeds out of our lawn. I feel thankful I am able to do what I do!!

Lately I have had to examine my inner self and ask myself why I have not been happy. There are several reasons I can think of for this malaise. But one thing someone once said about happiness is that it is like a butterfly. The more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it comes softly and sits on your shoulder.

Someone else said that the best way to forget your own problems is to help someone else solve theirs.

Put these two pieces of advice together and replace the word "things" with "people"--happiness is sure to come!!!

After all, as an ancient prophet once said, "When you are in the service of your fellow beings, you are only in the service of your God."

What better happiness is there than that of serving others?? I don't know of any.