Daily Devotional – 3/8/13 “Make it happy!”

It’s Friday and I’m happy! No, I didn’t get paid today, I didn’t win the lottery on Wednesday, I haven’t gotten promoted on my job BUT I have a job, I have a few dollars in my pocket, I’m alive in my right mind, I have all my bodily functions, I still have all the things that I had on yesterday even if I forgot to thank God for them, my family is alright, friends ok and enemies still hating; so when I say I’m happy, I am just to see this day! See, I realized that nothing good ever comes of me walking around with a frown on my face, so I’ll try a smile instead. I never prosper when my mood is bad so when someone asks me how I am, I’ll reply “happy and blessed,” because I am. It doesn’t do any good to be mad when someone interrupts my work to ask for help because they trust me enough to ask me when they could have asked someone else, so I’ll do it. Yea, so instead of being mad today be glad. Instead of being ungrateful, try being grateful for the things you HAVE! Instead of being mad because you didn’t get enough sleep, be thankful that you had a place to sleep because I can guarantee your night would have been worse sleeping outside on the ground in a cardboard box or in a shelter with folks you don’t know. Ok; so your day, your week, your month, your year could have been better but baby it could have also been worse so suck it up and enjoy the right now! Live in the moment right now and be happy. Stop worrying about tomorrow because you may not see it. Stop worrying about next week because things can be drastically different then. Stop worrying about next month when this month just started. Make today happy! Make your life happy! May your work happy! Make your home happy! You can do all this, if you try! So start right now by making you happy!