I'm not entitled to nothing..................right?

I was on my way to class, and It whipped past me, stinging my cheek and burning my eyes.
I froze and it was gone.

Life. Life is a funny thing sometimes. Its like some sort of electron. You know. Where you can't predict the direction or speed of it. You can only guess when it's about to jerk and turn to next.

I have been forgetting about life. It's so silent. I am afraid one day it will just slip through my fingers and I will wake up under a handmade comforter, surrounded by doilies, and I'll be all wrinkly, just wondering where my life went.... Not that being Sixty is a bad thing.
 But I fear missing out. I fear not being present in the present.
 I have oh so quickly, forgotten to live. Forgotten to breathe.

And that is a dangerous thing

Commence spiritual post for the week.
"While I was harrowed up by the memory of my many sins, behold, I remembered also to have heard my father prophesy unto the people concerning the coming of one Jesus Christ a Son of God, to atone for the sins of the world.
Now as my mind caught hold upon this thought, I cried withing my heart: o Jesus, thou Son of God, have mercy on me, who am in the gall of bitterness, and am encircled about by the everlasting chains of death.
And now, behold, when I thought his, I could remember my pains no more; yea, I was harrowed up by the memory of my sins no more.
And oh, what joy, and what marvelous light I did behold; yea, my soul was filled with joy as exceeding as was my pain!
Yea, I say unto you, my son, that there could be nothing so exquisite and so bitter as were my pains. Yea, and again I say unto you, my son, that on the other hand, there can be nothing so exquisite and sweet as was my joy."

I want to feel this joy that Alma describes. To feel truly at peace. To feel... Alive and not forget it.
Believe it or not, I don't think it's as difficult as it seems.

So you want to be happy? I should write a book. 110 ways to be happier than your coworker. One. Make sure you make their life absolutely miserable. Then at least you would be way happier than them! I'd make millions.

But seriously.

Happiness, first of all, is a choice.
Once you have decided you will do all it takes to be happy, thennnn find things that make you happy and do them. Relieve yourself of your past, discover who you are, develop as a person, help others on their journey, and don't forget how truly blessed you are. We all are.

"Men are that they might have joy."
Its true. I really believe this. and maybe if we didn't feel so entitled (I am guilty of this one) we would be able to enjoy everything on a deeper level
and truly get fat on fullness.

"HURRRY" cries the grandpa-watch
"Your time is still ticking!"