Neutral Circumstances

Today I talked about a few experiences I've had recently that had me thinking about circumstances. I share how I received a compliment and how it seemed like an automatic reaction to feel happy but when I slowed it down, I realized it was a choice I had to feel happy. Then I shared how when my husband was grouchy, I was struggling to not be grouchy too. Again it felt like an automatic reaction until I slowed it down and tried to look at it differently. Finally I shared how in the movie "I Can Only Imagine," Bart was abused and while that had to be a very difficult circumstance, he has used it for good in the world. Some circumstances are easy to feel happy in and some are harder. The ones that teach us the most are the more difficult ones and we can learn to show up how we want even when it's difficult.