To be happy or not to be?

Life really is wonderful! In someways I feel bad for thinking so. I really do feel joy in my heart. My husband told me that Joy is a result of a spirit-filled life. That must mean that I am controlled by the Holy Spirit and by the word of God?  Right?  What else could it be?

I don't know, I guess I just want to be the kind of person that will give thanks in everything (Ephesians 5:22-24). I know life is not going to always perfect but if I have a few good years of practice having a positive attitude, maybe it will make it easier to deal with less than perfect situations.

So, this is how good it gets. Sometimes the feelings of joy and happiness overtake me so much that I don't know what to do with it all. Like I am happy out of my mind. Like I just don't know what to do with all of this excitement. How can one little person deal with this much happiness? I'm not bragging here friends. I just really feel this and needed to get it out. Sometimes I feel like people think I'm full of crap or something. NOPE! It's just the prompting of the Holy Spirit people. I tried to be unhappy and miserable and it sucked. So every day I wake up and consciously pick the alternative. The truth of the matter is that It has not always been as wonderful as it is now. I think the reason why I appreciate where I'm at right now is because I know it can change within a matter of seconds. I am not going to take any part of it for granted. That is a choice.