Okay another happy day in the life of Anngirl. Why, you ask?
-Talked to my sweetie a little while ago. This always makes my day good.
- Remembered that I am not in control of my life so it's okay that I feel like I'm not in control of my life. In fact, feeling out-of-control means I am actually somewhat in touch with reality. God is good.
- Got to use a hoe. This always makes me feel happy. Maybe it's those sweet memories of killing snakes with this hoe when they have the audacity to venture into my yard. Maybe it's just the fact that I get to savagely attack roots/dirt/weeds/anything that gets in my way with this lovely little yard tool. At any rate, today the battle of weeds vs. Ann went strongly in Ann's favor.
- Get to hang with my girl Karen tonight so looking forward to some crazy relaxed fun with her aka GIRLTALK.
So I know what you're thinking now. GREAT, Ann, we're all really glad that you're happy... (sarcastically thinking, of course). But we can draw some principles here so don't hop on the bitter bandwagon just yet.
HOW TO BE HAPPY IF YOU'RE YOU:
- be in love. This is not as difficult as some of you are thinking. Love is a choice. You have a will. Make a choice and go with it. It's the best thing you'll ever do. Don't have a sweetie to love? You're still not off the hook. Don't think love is limited to romanticism. Quit whining, look around, and be creative.
- be out of control. This is also not difficult, because of a tiny little secret I'm going to let you all in on. YOU NEVER HAVE BEEN IN CONTROL! Oh, be honest now, doesn't it feel good to admit it? But admitting it is just the start. The real happiness comes in with discovering who SHOULD be in control. Nope, not you. Not Grandma. Not goals. Not your insatiable craving for deep fudge icing. Not your blog addiction. Look a little further than yourself. Still don't know? Hint: He made you. He knows you. He's bigger than you. Yep, you got it now. GOD.
- work. Put something into it. Put everything into it. I don't care what you're doing, if you hate it, if you can't wait to change your career, if you're a stay-at-home Mom, if you can't drive a car to get to a job. Work is work. Find what needs to be done around you and do it with everything you've got. You'll be amazed at how good you feel.
- play with your friends. You remember what happened to Jack. But you're not Jack. You're your own wonderful self and you have friends who shouldn't let you bury yourself in busyness and work until you turn into Jack. If they do, then it's your turn to be the friend and keep them from Jackifying. Call 'em up. Have a picnic, watch a movie, make some music, count the stars, go for a drive, get some icecream, climb a mountain, run around like crazy in Wal-Mart until you get kicked out, find a playground, practice bungee-jumping, go ice-fishing in your freezer, WHATEVER.
