When expectations don’t quite match reality

I just had one of those days where I wake up unusually cheery and alert with the best of expectations of the day, only to be faced with disappointments at every turn. I should have know when I went out to the chicken coop, anticipating 4, 5 or maybe even 6 fresh eggs, and when I open the door to collect them, I was met with an empty nest. One side of my mouth curls and I sigh a ‘hmmm’ expression. Hindsight is 20/20 but looking back on that day I should have put my pajamas back on and headed back to bed. Mild disappointment met me around every corner that day. I say mild and they could be chalked up as 1st World Problems, but after an onslaught of 30 issues the effect accumulated to a serious issue. Well, what can you do when a day faces you? First, don’t let the day have power over you, keep control of your optimism in your court, especially if by day I mean a person. Don’t give any power over to those who bad mouth you, criticize you, antagonize you. Such a person shouldn’t hold that type of power. Second, there are many reasons to be thankful in the midst of our days. One of them is our freedom. On D-Day 75 years ago tens of thousands of men lost their lives in the effort to liberate Europe from tyranny. They died so that we can live a life of freedoms. Freedom to read the books we want. Freedom to worship God without imprisonment. Freedom even to protest our government. (Try that in Germany in 1939 and you wouldn’t live long.)
Well this is a long serious post. The point is to keep your emotions and spirit in your control and don’t give it over to lousy people. And give thanks for the many blessings we have in 2019.

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