Tissue Box Reality

Welcome to my reality, the one where the tissue box is your best friend and you wish you could start your day over again. At least I could start my day over again minus the allergies. One thing I can be glad about when I have allergy flare ups is that I can remember that God has given me one more day of life which he didn't have to give me so I can think about that and be grateful. Hmm...that last sentence reminded me of something Pollyanna would have said....ha, ha. Maybe I should play Pollyanna's "Glad game" because sometimes it's hard for me to be glad. One of those sometimes is now, when I'm not feeling well and I am supposed to have my birthday slumber party in two days.

I guess I need to learn that no matter what my present reality is, there's a reason for it and something I can learn from it. When I feel disappointed I can know that there's always the opposite which is happiness and it's more often that I experience that than dissapointment. When I am sick I can remember that most days I feel well. When the tissue box sits beside me and doesn't leave my side I can still know that we won't always be inseperable. What about you? Can you think of some ways to be content in whatever situation God has placed you? It isn't always easy but it helps on those days when all you're doing is licking a popsicle and blowing your nose.

Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content.
Philippians 4:11