Thoughts

LIFE
My co-workers were bored at work and stumbled upon my blog. They spent a lot of time looking at the pictures and reading some of the entries. Mostly, they were out to make fun of me. But, one positive thing that came out of it was that it got me looking at some old entries I wrote years ago.
One such entry was one I wrote about 3 years ago ring very true for me today, as I am still struggling with anger at work, stress, and various frustations in life. Here it is:

So, at some point in your life, if you are unhappy, you're forced to do something to change that life: Get out of the job you hate. Break up with that significant other you've been dating for years. Change majors. Buy a new sports car in response to your mid-life crisis.
But at what point do you say, "Wait. I'm just out to please myself right now?" There has to be more to life than that. And there is.
Maybe you're stuck in a situation you feel you can't get out of. And you jump at the chance of the first sign of daylight, like a bug will jump out of a can it's caught in the second the cover is removed. None of these things are directly happening to me right now.
But I'm undergoing an internal struggle trying to figure out human nature and what makes people happy in life and why people make certain decisions. And all this, while knowing that God and His unconditional love for us make our lives worth living.
But what about the people who don't know Him? This is actually the main impetus for me to reach out to people. Obviously, I hope God uses me to "save" people from eternal condemnation through my interactions.
But also, I want them to know that this life isn't just random. And we're not just here to satisfy our temporary desires in an attempt to make us "happy."
Life isn't easy, but it's possible to have joy, true joy, when God is in your life. I just hope and pray that the ones I love (and the ones I don't too) know that and believe it and live it.