Those that know me may be surprised to know that I have struggled with pessimism. I seem to have always had a knack for finding the negative in most people and things. My wife Karen has been instrumental (and patient) in working on this with me. I really don't know when or where this all started but I have found that negative thinking is downright exhausting! It is also a choice. I have determined that I am going to make that choice every day from here on out.
We all have a choice, right? I can decide to just sit back and wait for life to happen or.......I can go out and make it happen. I am sick to death of sitting back, doing nothing and then wondering why bad things are happening. I don't keep track of my money and then I wonder why I have none. I avoid maintaining my vehicles and then wonder why they break down. I don't keep in contact with people and then I wonder why our relationship fades. I don't study my Bible as often as I should and I wonder why my attitude becomes bad. Why are humans (mainly me) like that? I guess that is one more question I can put down to ask God when I meet him.
In the past few weeks I have decided that instead of trying to control everything (which has proven to be a waste of everybody's time) it is time for me to give up that control and let God run things. After all, he has a couple thousand more years of experience at all of this. I am involved with a Dave Ramsey "Great Recovery" class at church. Dave has a saying that "doing it God's way works 100% of the time." Now, you can call me stupid but those are some pretty good odds.
So, who's going to join me? If you have a plan with better odds, please let me in on it. I'd be happy to give it a whirl. Also, if you are in or around Pueblo West on Tuesday nights, join some friends and me for the Great Recovery at the PW Church of Christ. (7 PM)
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