Make Me Happy

Last year I found the key to happiness—I think. I was reading a magazine article on a woman who had written a book on achieving happiness in your life. Being generally discontented a lot of the time I couldn’t wait to read what she had to say. The author said that gratitude, merely being grateful for everything that you do have and not comparing yourself to others (which is the root of discontent) was the key. After reading the article I had to say I agreed.

My problem with my life was simply the way I viewed my life. As long as I measured myself on this ridiculous self created scale in relationship to my friends, peers, celebrities, etc., on the surface I was bound to come up short. I came to understand that the key lied in my acceptance of my own life. I needed to see the bigger picture. I am who I am, I have what I have, by the grace of God and I needed to stop whining and feeling sorry for myself because the world will not simply stop and devote itself to making me happy.

The key to happiness is simple—gratitude, being thankful and satisfied with your portion. So every time you feel yourself ready to complain about how something didn’t work out like you thought it would or how someone else’s life seems so much better than yours, remember that out there in the world somewhere is someone who is suffering far worse than you could ever imagine who would love to have your problems.

I trust God and I know that there is a purpose in everything that He does and everything He allows. He has a plan, I just have to roll with it.