That is the fun side of my life. Like everyone, I have a whole boat load of challenges that I face in my personal life. Issues of motherhood and relationships and difficult situations with colleagues feeling misunderstood and hurt. I'm not at the point where I feel I want to drag them through cyberspace though so tend to only write about good things in my life.
I'm also an extreme, eternal optimist. You know the type, "Everything will work out", "We'll make a plan", "I'm sure they didn't mean to" etc... I physically forget bad things immediately after they happen and have a terrible time trying to hold on to grudges. I forgive easily and forget as well, the downside in doing that is that I leave myself open to being hurt fairly often.
I don't wear my emotions on my sleeve, I can look and seem happy while going through deep emotional turmoil. On the one hand I think it's good, I hate seeing people physically trying to demonstrate how annoyed or upset they are by huffing, frowning and stomping around the house. I find it rather funny. :) On the other hand it gives the false impression that you have a perfect life, that nothing is difficult and that everything is a walk in the park for you.
I guess the only way to really know someone is to talk to them, write them, see what they need prayer for or if they have any thing they want to talk about. A good friend invited me over for coffee and we had just planned to chat and catch up and both of us were actually going through fairly major ordeals. It was good to talk it out and encourage the other. When you see what's behind the smile and what it takes to put on their 'happy face' and battle through life you admire them so much more and might be more inclined to keep them in your prayers. I guess every rose has it's thorns even when we can't see them.
“When the world says, ‘Give up,’ Hope whispers, ‘Try it one more time.’”
Not knowing when the dawn will come, I open every door.-Emily Dickinson
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