Thursday, March 3, 2011

Faith vs. Fear

My parents have a sign in their home that reads something like this: "You cannot have faith and fear in your heart at the same time." Something struck me.

Faith and fear are almost exactly the same thing.

Both of them are a belief. The only difference is whether you believe good things are going to happen, or bad.

On Complaining

If complaining (aka venting) really made a person feel better about their situation, then the ones who complain the most should be the happiest, right?

Everyone has bad things happen to them. However, we CHOOSE how to respond. The more we choose to focus on the bad, the worse we put ourselves through.

When we have a negative outlook on life, or a family member, boss, etc. it is easy to find things to justify our complaints. Which leads me to think about myself right now....

Is this post one big complaint?