When life gives you lemons . . .

What do you do? Make lemonade? Throw them in the trash? Smile and keep trucking? Dwell on the could of, should of?

There's a lot happening right now in our lives, good and bad. As I was laying in bed last night, (which is where I have my most profound thoughts), I was thinking about what I should post. I read in my devotion book about people who turned their life over to God and prayer. I try to be a good Christian, but I know I fail miserably sometimes. It is hard to keep the faith when tradegy strikes or life doesn't go as planned. But, I know the rough spots are what makes us stronger in the long run and happiness is just around the corner. I just have to believe and pray to be strong enough to endure the challenges we face.

Some of you may know, my grandfather was killed on Feb. 1, 1995, which is my other grandfather's birthday, and the day my great-grandmother passed away in 1985. So, this day is happy and yet sad. I witnessed the accident that killed him and yet my father and I both walked away unhurt and unscathed. How does this happen? I was inches, INCHES from him when the tank exploded. It was a freak accident, yes, but it wasn't my time. God had other plans for me, I remember this and then try my best to be a good person.

We don't know why some people survive and others don't. Why some win the battle against illness and others don't. But, as long as we live our lives to the fullest without shame and fill it with happiness and laughter, we lived our life. Put your life in God's hands and pray, pray for those you know who need it and those who don't, those you don't know but need someone to care and pray for them.

Smile at a stranger, say hello in an elevator, hold the door open for someone and get the warm fuzzy feeling . . .