the only life you can enjoy is your own...

"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." -Abraham Lincoln

the only life you can enjoy is your own. that may seem so obvious that it is unnecessary for me to write it, but think about it. i have found with me personally that often one of the major reasons i don't enjoy my life is that i'm not happy with the life i have. does that describe you? maybe not all the time but sometimes? well, as i said it does me....sometimes. instead of embracing the realities of life we may spend our time thinking, i wish i looked like her (been on my mind a lot lately since i'm so over weight), i wish i had his or hers job, i wish i were married, i wish i wasn't married, i wish my marriage wasn't so difficult, i wish i had children, i wish my children would grow up, i wish i had a new house...and the list goes on. i know i need to work extra hard at accepting the life that i've been given, it's possible that you deal with this as well...i do not know, but what i do know is that there's just no way i'm in this boat alone. if you experience any of this we must not allow jealousy or comparison to cause us to be absent from our own lives because we want someone else's life. each one of us are given the opportunity to make the most of our lives, we should embrace (l love that word!) our lives. because it all boils down to the fact that we will never receive any one else's, just the one that God us given to us. i've heard it said, "Don't complain; don't compare; don't covet someone else's life, and don't spend your valuable time wishing things were different." oh, how true, and yet, to be honest sometimes it feels like it is more easier said than done. so, for me personally, i'll keep striving along. asking God to help me in many areas of my life, because i have so many areas in which i haven't nor will i ever meet perfection. i've often said, "perfection doesn't happen until we reach heavens gates." as long as i am here on this earth i want to strive, and set goals to be one that overcomes. when i do stop and think about the wonderful things that i have, i realize just how blessed i truly am. if you have a moment why don't you set some time aside to think about and thank the Lord for all of the blessings that He has given to you? when i do this it always helps, but, for me it's something that i have to do quite often, who knows you may not have to, you may not be as stubborn and as hard headed as i am, and if you aren't well, then that's just one more blessing you can thank the Lord for. let's remember that everything about us is by His design, we can accept the way that God has made us and the life that He has given. of course every life includes good and bad, easy and difficult, strength and weakness. nobody has the perfect life. i've also heard it said that "true life is really not found in arriving at the destination; it is found in the journey." take one day at a time as we travel on this journey, appreciate and thank the Lord for the wonderful life that we've been given, and take the time to smell the roses along the way.