"Anyone who imagines that bliss is normal is going to waste a lot of time running around and shouting that he's been robbed. The fact is that most putts don't drop, most beef is tough, most children grow up to be just people, most successful marriages require a high degree of mutual toleration, most jobs are more often dull than otherwise. Life is like an old-time rail journey...delays, sidetracks, smoke, dust ,cinders, and jolts- interspersed only occasionally by beautiful vistas and thrilling bursts of speed. The trick is the thank the Lord for letting us have the ride." (President Gordon B. Hinkley. December 1994)
As I was going through some previous emails I can across this quote and it got me to thinking about how I view my life. Do I run around looking for the absolute bliss in life or do I enjoy the ride? Like most people I want to be a person who says that I enjoy the ride and I am not looking for something to make me blissfully happy but that is not always the case. I have my moments of what if or if I change this then I will be perfect but I realize that is not always the case. I need to find happieness in the delays, sidetracks, tough beef, in just being a person, and in the times of beauty. I need to thank the Lord for the good and the normal and not think if I am missing or being robbed of something.
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