Real Life

I've had a couple of interesting

comments,

lately

about my blog.

Well, maybe

inquiries

would more accurately describe them.


One of them began with

"I wish all I had to worry about was

what to cook for dinner..."


The jist of the comments was:

(I believe this is accurate)

"Gee Lu, 

you always write about

happy,

funny,

carefree things.

Is this really what your life is all about?"


Well, 

frankly,

no.



I'm quite sure my life

is very similar to

many of yours.




I consider myself

truly blessed.




But along with all the blessings,

I have my share of

disappointments,

heartaches,

and pain.



I've mentioned before that I'm a worrier.



Of the very worst kind.



(I mean, seriously,

I have two sons now

in their early 20's.

Can I get an Amen!)



A Big Shout Out to Ben and Nick!

I Love You!





Several years ago I

reached a point

where in order to drive the worries out of my mind

and to have even a CHANCE of falling asleep at night

I had to just repeat

Philipians  4: 6-7

over and over.

"Be anxious for nothing.  But in everything by prayer and supplication (with THANKSGIVING!) make your requests known to God.  And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your heart and mind through Christ Jesus.


A lot of times

I would forget to say the (with THANKSGIVING!) part,

and would make myself start over from the beginning.



I realized that if I concentrated

on the good,

on the joyful,

on the fun,

I could keep my mind off the other.


Maybe.


And heaven help me,

If I constantly had to re-live

the bad stuff

and read it over and over again

(and trust me on this, I am just the type to go back and read it over and over)

I just don't think it would be

good.



But it does work.

(The concentrating on the joyful!)





I promise.





And I suppose then,

as a result,

I have

"A Happy Blog".





I hope you're OK with that.


It's a matter of self-preservation.



Again,
Inexplicably,

Lu