Past, Present, and the Future.

People often get caught up in their future. Sometimes we all tend to base our happiness on the "I'll be happy when..." mindset. We have all done it at one point or another. I know that many teenagers do this. Especialy when talking about what they are planning on doing after high school. We all cannot wait for graduation and you can always hear someone saying that they will be happy WHEN they graduate from high school. So, you aren't happy now?

I, myself, have aspirations and goals that I would like to achieve. Sure, I'll be happy when I achieve those things. But I am also happy now. It's all a matter of perspective. You may not have the ideal situation or surroundings and if you don't, reach out. If you have no one personally to reach out too, reach out to God. He is ALWAYS there for you. Even if others are not, God is there just WAITING for you to reach out to him. That is what he wants.

At the same time, some people do not think to the future, they think towards their past. They may have made a mistake that they cannot get over. We have all made mistakes. Every person on this Earth cannot say that they haven't because we all have. But to some people, it is something tremendous. They refuse to let themselves be happy because of this.

The past and future are very important components to your life as you know it today. But they should not overwhelm your life so that you can not focus on living your life TODAY. To many times people have let these two different time periods in their life take over and control them. If you have made a mistake that you have not forgiven yourself for, do it. God has forgiven you. Why can't you forgive yourself? Let it be a lesson to yourself to act differently. Possibly change your life and act differently if you made a mistake and want to change something. But live your life. If you are wishing, waiting, and hoping for the future. Take a look around. God has given us this beautiful place with more than we would ever need. Use it. Thank the Lord that you are here today to celebrate this thing called LIFE!

Sure, it's okay to hope for a better tomorrow but shouldn't you be happy for what God has given you?