Happiness Is Like A Butterfly

Happiness 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 will come and sit softly on your shoulder.
Trying to catch happiness itself is sort of like trying to catch a butterfly. We may be able to catch it if we put our all into it and overwork ourselves but chances are, if we just live in peace, and do the other things in life that we are supposed to do, happiness will not be far from us, and will more than likely come to us. Life is really about doing the things that we are passionate about, doing the things that we love, with the people that we love.

We must be willing to take the time to get to know ourselves, and to get to know our own hearts in order to be able to know what parts of life will best suit us, and how that we should probably go about our lives. Happiness is the product of hard work, sacrifice, and reaching for your dreams, and truly without all of these components it is more than likely that happiness will not approach us, but will instead avoid us.

Live Passionately And Sincerely

Live passionately and sincerely.
In order to gain the most out of our lives, including the work, time, and effort, that we put into different aspects of our everyday lives we must learn to execute almost every action with as much passion, and sincerity as possible. We have to be dedicated to our crafts, and to our dreams. If you don't have any dreams then be passionate and sincere in the way that you go about receiving them, and continue to use this passionate, sincere energy to capture your dreams once you figure out what they are.

A wise man once said to look busy even if you are not busy. We can use this as an analogy for our whole lives because sometimes even when we do not know exactly where we are going or want to go, just being aggressive and passionate about every small thing we do will take us much further than if we would have just waited for life to happen to us.

Nothing Is Impossible

The most important thing in life is to stop saying "I wish" and start saying "I will." Consider nothing impossible, then treat possibilities as probabilities.
Too many of us live our lives wishing for things that we can't even dream big enough to see ourselves having in our lifetimes. Instead of living with a defeated attitude we must muster up enough courage to declare victory over situations in which we never thought we even had a chance facing. Instead of living life wishing for things to happen, we have to live our lives making things happen.

As cliche as it sounds, nothing really is impossible, and if you are able to dream it, then chances are you are able to achieve it. There will be those who speak against you, and obstacles that rise in your way as big as mountains. In order to get past these barriers to our dreams we have to be willing to only worry about what is in our hearts to do, and to fight as hard as possible in order to accomplish the things that we desire to do in our hearts.

What You Do Matters

Colossians 3:17  And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, [do] all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.

 What you and I  do on a day to day base, yes Matters!!!

•Take the car to be serviced/washed.

•Deliver/pick up from the dry cleaners.

•Pick up prescriptions at the pharmacy.

•Return library books.

•Serving your guests so you can enjoy your party.

•Take used items to Goodwill/Salvation Army.

•Grocery shopping.

•Catch up on laundry.

•Change beds, launder linens.

•Wait for the repairman.

•Take recycling to collection center.

•Organize closets.

•Take children to their appointments.

•Drive for day surgery - assist for the rest of the day (if needed).

•Rearrange furniture.

•Helping with dinner party arrangements. 

Whether in preaching the word of Christ, in hearing the Gospel, in singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and in conference and conversation with each other; or in whatsoever action, civil or religious throughout the whole life and conversation, in the performance of things natural, moral, and evangelical, relating to God or man, or one another, in the world or church: 

Do all in the name of the Lord Jesus; both in the strength of Christ, without whom nothing can be well said or done; and according to the mind and will of Christ declared in the Gospel, which is his name; and calling upon his name for assistance in the ministration of his word, administration of his ordinances, and in the performance of every duty, directing all to, and having solely in view his honour and glory:

 Therefore embrace your uniqueness and individuality,embody the essence of who you are in Christ Jesus, you are Wonderful Made.  What You Do Matters.

The Appointment

Gal 3:26-29

For in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith. For

as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There

is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither

male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are

Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to promise.

God has placed within each of us a driving passion along with the skills necessary  to accomplish our particular purpose and vision.  But as we seek to do so, we often are face with the choice of whether to embrace the call of God, at the expense of separation from that which is familiar and taking us out of our comfort zone, at times can cause  one pause.  By remaining  station, as the alternative is to live without knowing your intended purpose.  Herein is faith, the ability to accept as reality what one cannot fully understand.  This experience offer us the opportunity to break free from our fears, phobias  and ambiguities, only to embrace a new insight, un measureable freedoms that lies awaiting just beyond the horizon.  in life, if we can endure the turbulence that affords us all,  and keep our eyes on the landing, what it takes to get there is only geography.

Prove Them Wrong

Life Happen, it present irregularities, things that are nonconventional, out of the norm and unpredictable.   Sounds much like life, not conforming to established rule, method, usage, standard, etc.;

Charles R. Swindoll once wrote and I quote:  

“The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.” Charles R. Swindoll  

 Regain control of your life, rearrange things as necessary so that mistakes, delays and other surprises won't throw you off your game.  Life happens, it is part of the growth and development phrase our parents said it would be.  Learning how to restructure when irregularities happens is the key.  Never lose focus on your purpose or  your why, give yourself the time and preparation needed to succeed gracefully. 

People only say you can’t or you won’t, because they fear that you will!”  

For with God nothing shall be impossible. Luke 1:37 

 A dream, is a dream.

 That may, or may not come true.

 It’s up to you, to decide whether or not its worth it;

 To try and make it a reality.

 Anything that can be dreamt, can surely come true.

 All it takes is dedication, effort, and the burning desire in your heart.

 Everything is possible, in one way or another.

 It all doesn’t have to be in the real world.

 In a game, in our complex minds.

 If someone says it’s impossible,

Prove them wrong; 

And make it happen.

Life is not Complicated, People are