Blue Happy Living

I have a tender heart when it comes to people who are down on their luck. I just feel sorry for those that aren’t dealt a life that is good or filled with love. I can’t stand to see an animal suffer. I feel sorry for people who get themselves in trouble, so I’m pretty sure that I should never serve on a jury. I try to be this strong person and not wear my feelings on my shoulder but I do and I can’t help myself.

I don’t like when we drive into down town Dallas and there are homeless people at the corners begging for money, work or food. It makes it worse when they have a dog with them that looks like he hasn’t had a meal in weeks. I instantly want to roll down my window and give them money. Greg says don’t,  it’s not safe and most of them have a car parked around the corner. The news tells of people who do this for a living and most of them live in nice homes and drive nice cars. My head or my heart doesn’t think that way. I just want to help them. I find this frustrating wanting to help and not knowing who really needs it and who doesn’t. So I decided to do it in my own way.

If you just stop and hear what is going on around you that’s when you will hear who is in need. I have been taking the time to stop and hear those around me in my own life and there are many hurting and in need. Some as simple as just needing someone to leave them a note of encouragement and others needing personal items. Really, personal items are needed because the money doesn’t cover the kids needs and the parents needs. So the parents are going without. These are families that if you looked at them you would think that they had everything, that their world was perfect. Not so true and not so perfect. We all put on fronts everyday that everything in our lives are okay and fine. When in reality we are struggling inside and feeling alone.

Yesterday I said I was struggling and I am. I had lots of emails today wishing me the best and letting me know that people are thinking and praying for me. I so appreciate those words of encouragement. When there is change in my life my Obsessive Compulsive Disorder rears it head and I get a bit tense. It’s nothing I can’t handle and I have many ways to control the tense and obsessive moments. On the bright side my house gets very organized and cleaned. There are people in my life that saw that I needed help and prayer. By addressing that with me they gave me much-needed love and help that proved to bless me. This evening I don’t feel so weird like I’m a misfit that doesn’t belong. It feels good to openly talk about my issue with my OCD and for that I’m so grateful.

If you stopped this very moment and looked around your life who needs help? What person will benefit from a simple smile, a Starbucks left on their desk or a gift card from a grocery store left with a note of encouragement. How simple it is to brighten someones day, to give them a much-needed lift. Even if you are down on your luck I promise you the feeling of helping someone else will bless you ten fold. Tuesday could be the day that you make a difference. Let’s all go out and do one kind deed today.  Restore someones hope and make it a Blue Happy Day by making someone else happy!