Fresh start

So I figure, no one likes someone who's down.

Or someone who's constantly mopey, depressed, upset, or pretty much just negative about life.

I find it's easy to be be this person.  Well, that's not exactly true.

I used to think, what is wrong with these people always being down and stuff.  Sure I had my bad days but seriously they weren't THAT bad.

Sheltered?  Lucky?  I don't know.  But I know that in the last couple of years, I've had the hardest days of my life.  It's been challenge after challenge and sometimes, it seemed there was no hope in sight.

Overly dramatic.  Sure, I have a lot of things to be thankful for.  Someone told me I was a gun.  Good at many things, always talking to people, smiling and just overall happy.

Things aren't perfect.  There will always be something that isn't quite "right" but I've learnt it's all about attitude.  Or having the right one at least.

It's going to be a new chapter in the journey.  Always gaining more experience and moving towards the goal, even when it feels like I've gone backwards.

Heb 12:1-3 (The Message) Thanks biblegateway.org

Discipline in a Long-Distance Race

12 ^1-3 Do you see what this means—all these pioneers who blazed the way, all these veterans cheering us on? It means we’d better get on with it. Strip down, start running—and never quit! No extra spiritual fat, no parasitic sins. Keep your eyes on Jesus, who both began and finished this race we’re in. Study how he did it. Because he never lost sight of where he was headed—that exhilarating finish in and with God—he could put up with anything along the way: Cross, shame, whatever. And now he’sthere, in the place of honor, right alongside God. When you find yourselves flagging in your faith, go over that story again, item by item, that long litany of hostility he plowed through. That will shoot adrenaline into your souls!

The last part from the NIV reader's version sums it up.

So think about him. Then you won’t get tired. You won’t lose hope.