We had planned to go on a hike to a beautiful lake, but it didn’t happen this weekend, and I felt quite disappointed. 

I tend to crave new experiences and exciting activities, while my husband is more of a homebody. He’s perfectly content relaxing on the couch, watching TV, and doing nothing.

I think there is no right or wrong, better or worse situations here. It’s just God create us all differently and uniquely. And I believe the fact that we are together is to bring the side that we don’t have. To broaden our way of existing and accepting the difference of others.

It’s funny how happiness isn’t determined by facts, but by how we choose to think about things. For me, happiness this weekend meant going to the beautiful lake and swimming, so when that didn’t happen, I felt unhappy. But there are so many other things I could have chosen to see as happiness: I sprayed the house with spider repellent, we got firewood, cleaned the yard, I got a free desk, my husband made perfect steamed eggs, and we watched cartoons together. There’s so much happiness in my life if I just choose to see it.

Once again, I remind myself that God holds everything I’ve ever dreamed of in His hands, ready to give it to me here and now. The only reason I don’t have it yet is because I’m not ready to receive it. Entering the promised land requires a heart prepared to embrace it fully.

Oh Lord, be my eyes and let me see the world as You see it. Help me recognize the happiness that surrounds me in this moment. I lack nothing, and my mind has no reason to worry. Everything I need is already here, and all is well.