Always....really?
Glad: Feeling pleasure, delighted, and full of joy. Most of us cannot say we go through the day with a sense of gladness 100% of the time. In fact, if we were honest with ourselves and others, we'd admit to the fact there a whole lot of things and people in this world that don't delight us, don't produce much pleasure for us, and certainly don't leave us with much of a sense of joy. When you factor in these things or people, it seems almost impossible to take it seriously when someone says we are to "always" be glad! Always is a pretty long time, is it not? Always is suggestive of some kind of permanent condition. In a sense, it is more than a period in time - it is a consistent way of thinking which affects our "view" of all we face in life. Ummmm....how's it going for you? Have you arrived at the "always" point in your life yet? If you are like the rest of us, you'd probably have to admit to some sense of disappointment...