Hi! I am a recovering pessimist. How many of you can relate to that? Or, more frankly, how many of you are a pessimist but are not recovering? Don't worry, I'm not here to beat you down. I've been a pessimist for 24 years ad counting. I consider myself recovering only because I'm trying on new shoes for a change: the shoes of hope. Never worn them before? That's ok, not many do. People don't want you to wear them. Why not? Because they would not have anyone to be pessimistic with! So what's the point of this, anyway? I want to show you my new kicks. They're not broken in yet, but I was hoping you would join me in trying them on.
You see, everything around us is dying. Or is it? That's what the world wants you to believe, that everything is worthless and everything "sucks". I mean, come on, look at the economy for Pete's sake...Let me ask you a question: What if we could change everything by having a different attitude, a different approach, a different view? Imagine that you are wearing rose-colored glasses. Doesn't everything look red? Hmm...
Hold it right there. I know what you're thinking: "Life is tough...bad things happen...we struggle...sometimes life does suck..." I agree! I am not setting out to be ignorant, naive, heartless, or any of the above. There will be times when we will talk about crappy events. But what makes the difference is how you look at it. That's what I'm after. This reminds me of a quote from a book I know... "There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace."
I want this blog to try and look at things through different glasses. I want us to try on a different pair of shoes. Will you take yours off and try new ones? I hope you will. I think then you'll find hope for the dying...
2 comments:
Sweet. I like reading your blogs.
There have been times that I act like a pessimest, and in those times there is one thing consistent . . . I let circumstances define me. Externals should not effect us more than internals. Allowing our internals (I'm talking about redemption in Jesus) to take over is much more difficult than being victims to our externals, whatever they may be.
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