Life is what you make of it

I once read a quote in one of my high school classrooms that said, "Life is what you make of it." For me, high school was one of the lowest points in life. Seeing that quote really made me evaluate the decisions I was making that made life so unhappy for me at the time. Since that point I have continued to live my life by that quote. When things are going wrong or people get on my nerves, I always just change my perspective. Whether that means pushing things away or trying harder to see a different perspective, I usually end up more content with life after that. Until now.

I have been continually writing and thinking about this search for joy. And I am continually trying to make life what I want it to be. There are two problems with this. One small thing being that I don't know what I want my life to look like. I had always pictured myself living a very nice, comfortable life until about 2-3 years ago. Now, while I think that is a great option, I don't know if I could live in the kind of comfort I have always thought of when others don't have the same options. But that's a whole other blog. :)

The biggest problem that is turning up with that quote is the word, "you." I am so focused on what I am making of my life that there is no room for what others in my communities or, most importantly, what God wants to make of my life. I really hate being cheesy and cliche about faith and those kinds of things. However, in this case, I really feel inadequate to change my view of what life is right now to me. I need help, and I can't keep turning to myself or even just my friends. For me, there is something greater and too often I fail to see that.

So maybe life is not what you make of it, it is what God makes of it? ...Or better yet, what you and Him make of it together. oh that mix of free will and predestination. (Now that is the beginning of another blog if I ever saw one...)

Good night!