What about those circumstances that knock you down and you can’t see any good.  You can’t envision how it could ever be positive.

How do you find joy in those times?

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We’ve all experienced those situations.  Obviously, some have more devastating ones than others.

Yet, if we dwell in despondency it solves nothing. [Read more…]

Remaining joyful is hard.

Our world seems constantly on the edge of spinning out of control.  Then add to that our personal crises and it’s no wonder we’re depressed.  I’ve sometimes said, “I’m not surprised at the number of crazy people that there aren’t more.”

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Often our response is anger or ignoring.   Both rarely change the situation positively and often escalate it.

And that leaves us even more depressed and frustrated. [Read more…]

Yesterday, was one of those days.  People bailing out on things I expected them to take care.

Others making demands of me for things they could easily accomplish.

Getting blind-sided by a sharp response from a friend when I was trying to help.

By the end of the day I was grumbling, “Why doesn’t everyone just leave me the heck alone.  I’m tired of this garbage.”

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In the evening I was still wound up until I took a hot shower and climbed into bed to read.  Finally, I settled down.  Not happy but at least thinking, “I’ll deal with it tomorrow.” [Read more…]