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Think Different, Be Happy

We all have an inner voice in our head. Talk, talk, talk. As soon as I woke up this morning mine started with… Feeling down. Hmmm. What kind of dreams did I have? So what! move on! Okay, it’s Sunday. Church, then brunch. Then what? Take it easy for once. Isn’t this supposed to be a day of rest? Read something. Got three books, which one? Family time, a movie? Blog? No! Catch up on the script writing, get a good start on the week ahead. This, and more in the first 30 seconds. Blah, blah, blah.

But then I thought different.

Out the window, I saw green buds on the trees! Everywhere. New words came flooding in… It’s springtime! School will be out soon and I have a whole three months of summer ahead to ride bikes, build forts and play army! Neato’.

Well, I’m not ten years old anymore. But that memory is real. The original emotion is wired to those green buds, and I let the warm emotions of a carefree life flow through me, letting them silencing the incessant voices shouting performance, worry, fear, uncertainty and doubt.

Man, that’s a good vibe. Let’s do some more of that!

I started thanking God for the abundance God has provided; the things money cannot buy. I started with my wonderful wife, our four beautiful girls, life in America, our health. My freedom to write and create. On and on they go. I really felt different. Happy! All because I was thinking different. It took less than a minute. The bible addresses this well…

Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence and if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things. The things you have learned and received and heard and seen in me, practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you.
Philippians 4:8-9

Think good thoughts. The chatter slows. Be happy.

PS – I took these photos of my buddy John Ellis when we were kids back in the early 1960s. We had some great summers together. He was crazy.