be happy

Sometimes the weight of the world is too much, and everything just piles onto your shoulders, and then you're walking and your knees buckle and your entire body just collapses.

Sometimes all that can make you happy, or just less sad, is just sitting there, head on the table, blasting out a good old song and just immersing yourself in it.

You could be sad for many reasons. Depression can hit people just like that, it is a diagnosed problem -- there might not be any reason for it, it just happens. There is no one cure, sometimes you'll feel alright, sometimes you just want to stop feeling. Now most of us don't suffer from depression, but we still feel...

Why is it that you're sad? Is it stress from work? Is it because of other people? Is it because you feel your life has no meaning, you're stumbling blindly in the darkness, grabbing hold onto anything you can feel? Is it because you're so caught up in your own iniquity and you're weighed down from all that guilt?

It's different for everyone, and everyone feels it. I know I've felt most of these feelings. But you know what? I've come through, and you will too. One day, its just going to feel good. Simple. I feel better. There's always something to feel good for, your heart just has to find its way back.

So stress, other people, lost, guilt? Pick one. For me, I feel it's all under control. God has a plan for me and I've just got to keep standing back up just so I can get ready to keep on walking. He knows what you're feeling, He felt it all himself. How much more can He help you now since He's felt all of your pain and suffering? He knows the best way to help you.

Last night I went to bed tired and weary and beat down. Sometimes you just want to cry yourself to sleep because it feels better. How much more pain do you feel when the tears don't come? This morning, I woke up with one thought in my head. I'm going to be happy today, because those people out there need it. They need to know that I can feel happy because God is on my side. And you know what? I felt happy today. I didn't drown what happened, I just drowned the bad feelings. It worked.

Begin each day as if it were on purpose. Because it is.

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This post is named after the song by Mary J. Blige