Make life Happen!!...

Don't let life happen to you! I heard Joel Osteen say something to the effect of "we make life so routine. You get up go to work, go home, eat and then go to sleep. We hardly spend time with our family. We become so wrapped up in our careers. We never stop to smell the roses and enjoy our loved ones."

I know life can be a DRAB sometimes. You get so used to doing things in a routine. BUT, somewhere in between there's ALWAYS TIME to do what YOU LOVE! There are 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week. Somewhere in there, you can squeeze in some family time, some God time, and some "me" time. Having a balance of these makes life much easier to enjoy. Have you ever noticed, that when you're leaving church, just finished reading the Bible, praying, praising God you feel SO much better about....EVERYTHING. On your saddest of saddest days, on your worse of worse days try just praising God, reading a chapter or a couple scriptures out the Bible, or just praying. And your prayer doesn't have to be all SUPER deep and long. Just straight to the point. See how you feel after!

As for family time and doing what YOU love....I know everyone doesn't have that "picture perfect" family. So...if you have someone...anyone who is LIKE family to you, try spending some time with them. Have a movie night/game night whatever. It's important that you surround yourself with positive, supporting people! And most importantly make time for you. What are some things that you can do alone that you enjoy? I like to read the Bible, draw, color (lol don't judge me), paint, watch movies...there's a number of thing that I enjoy that I can do alone...or with someone else. And, it definitely makes my life more interesting! Don't continue to sit in the passenger seat/backseat and let "life" happen to you. Take control! Make "life" happen FOR you!!