How to be happy.

Recently I was offered an amazing job with amazing people and amazing pay.  After seriously contemplating changing careers again, I decided to stick with radio.  I took that time to really analyze why I am in radio and what my roll in radio is.

I love pretty much everything about my job.  I love the direction the company is headed and I love the opportunities I get.  

I had never really been fully content in radio until after my health problems in fall.  

Now that I know that I know that I know I want to be in radio, I am forced to deal with some issues. 

I work with some very competitive people.  Also with very young people.  And (mostly) their standard of measuring success has been very different than mine.  Not wrong.  Right for them.  Just different.  My standard involves God and His plan.  Not "how many people know me" and "how many people see me around" which is what we are taught is important.  And it IS!!  It's radio.  But I don't want to measure my success that way. 

Lately I've been struggling to find my balance. 

A part of me wishes no one knew my name.  In the position I am in, many people think they know me and have formed an opinion.  I suppose we all do that to some extent.  Which is why it is really important to know who we are and love who we are.  

I have a great life.  Great marriage.  Great friends. A great relationship with my family.  Great job.  I have fun.  I love to laugh. A lot.  I realize when one is mostly happy there will be people that treat you badly... perhaps it comes from a place of insecurity, hurt, or misunderstanding (and heaven knows I've been in that boat), but I try to not let is get to me.  BUT!!... Sometimes it gets to me.  

Generally though... I AM happy!

Which leads me to my next blurb... HOW I FOUND HAPPINESS!!

For those who may be reading this and you are yearning for a happier life, I want to encourage you.  You CAN have it.  But it takes hard work.

Happiness to me doesn't mean life is perfect.  It is completely possible to go though hard times and struggles with happiness.  But again, it takes hard work. 

A lot of people that I have talked to don't want to take the steps or make the sacrifices that it takes to have a happy life.  But I truly beleive the key to happiness is hard work and sacrifice (in case you hadn't picked up on that yet).  :)
 

 

When I was young I had bad stuff happen to me, I was hurt badly, my parents did their best but made mistakes, I partied, I hurt myself, I hurt others, and I had a crappy marriage to start (I wanted my husband dead if I could be that straight forward).  God changed it all THROUGH HARD WORK AND SACRIFICE (hint hint)!!  :)  My husband and I love each other deeply now and have one of the healthiest marriages that I know of. <3 I will never ever claim to be perfect but more than anything I have learned to accept God's grace to make mistakes and press on into Gods goodness.  (John 10:10)

I have a very personal relationship with God.  I talk to him.  He's my helper, my friend.  I don't talk to him because I am worthy.  I talk to him because by his graciousness he allows me to.  He welcomes me because he loves me.

I could sit here and judge you.  Or you can sit there and judge me.  But the only thing that matters is the conversation we have with our God.  Really his opinion is the begin all and end all.  You and I are just here to love and support each other.  

So, God thinks I'm pretty cool.  And he thinks you're pretty cool (no matter where you are right now).

And that's all that matters, right?!

xoxo

(I feel like God wants me to say: There may be someone reading this that needs to talk.  I would love to talk to you.  Please message me.)