Somewhere Over The Rainbow.....

You know those days when you wake up, you feel great, you go for a short jog, you get a hot shower, you get a good breakfast, you pack your lunch, you get out of the door on time and you know it's going be an awesome day, only to have it all blow up in your face? Or it feels like that? (But at least that lunch was good eh?)

I have days like that from time to time. (had one today in fact). I think we all have one once in while. Days that when we go to bed, we want to wake up and see it all as a dream, a bad one. These are usually the days that our true selfs come out and our true colors get shown. Because these days don't build character, they test it.

But how are we, how am I, supposed to see the end of the day on a high note? How's it possible to see the good, that we always hear about, amid the bad. I don't have all the answers. I wish I did. But for some to feel better and to get their feet back on the ground and the pieces of their hearts back together, it's going to takea good long hard run. For others, it's going to be a good hot shower or bath. For some, it's a conversation with a friend or family member. For some it music. For me, today, it was all of the above. I still feel kind of low, kind of out of it. But you know what? Dorthy, from the Wizard of Oz, was right. Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blue. And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. And I'm hoping that tomorrow is that somewhere.

Life always has it's challenges. I know my life does. But if I have a say in my own life, I'm going to choose to be optimistic about it. I could get caught up in the challenges and be paralyzed by pessimism and paint a black dark life for myself. Or I can try to reach out and reach up. Find opportunity in optimism, and in the process paint a bright future for myself. That's what Dorthy did when she helped The Cowardly Lion, The Scarecrow and The Tin Man. She could have been self-centered, and gotten caught up in her own trials and challenges. Instead, she helped others, who and which in turn helped her, and lifted her.

And that is how we can end our day on a high note, with a smile on our face.

Take a look at this Mormon message... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wz41YxNiHEg