Living Life to the Full

Line Dancing at Enloe Reunion

Philippians 4:4  “Rejoice in the Lord always. Again I will say, rejoice!”

On August 3rd, my sister and I attended her 40th and my 39th class reunion of Enloe High School.  WOW!  it doesn’t seem possible that it has been that long.  Time has flown by.  We remembered some people and wished we remembered others.  Even so, we had a blast getting re-acquainted with all of them.

As I have reflected on the reunion, I was reminded of my high school days.   My first couple of years in high school were awful.  Although most people would never believe it, I was shy.  The shyness I felt was from a huge lack of self-esteem.  I am not really sure why I felt so inadequate and unattractive, but I did.  During the summer before my senior year with some counsel from my youth pastor, I decided to choose happiness, no matter what.  As a consequence of that choice, my senior was amazing.  And, choosing happiness has become my philosophy of life.

Although, I have blogged on this subject before, I really do believe it bears repeating.  Paul tells us in Philippians to rejoice always.  It is a choice.  We can choose not to rejoice, but rejoicing is better.  People cannot control your emotions; you do that all by yourself.

I dare you to choose happiness for a day.  It will change your life.  And I will bet, just like the potato chip, you will not be able to choose just one day, you will need two, three, four, etc.  So, take the happiness challenge – rejoice in the Lord always!

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