Be oh so careful when the dark clouds of doubt, depression, and despair try to overtake your spirit. When you feel life is beginning to spin and you're having a hard time finding the good in it, take radical steps to change it before you're overcome. As if it were a matter of life and death (because it is), start journaling everything you're grateful for. Tell God everything you are grateful for. And tell the people in your life how you are grateful for them. Start affirming everyone you meet. And affirm yourself. If you've fallen and can't get up, just breathe and encourage yourself for that. You will regain your strength, and you can find your way back to having that cheerful heart, but sometimes it takes intention. You will have joy when you have fulfillment. Ironically, you are most fulfilled when you transcend yourself and experience selflessness. Nobody needs their bones dried up by a crushed spirit. Lift someone else's spirit, and yours will be lifted as well.
Readings: 2 Kings 3:1-4:17; Acts 14:8-28; Psalm 140:1-13; Proverbs 17:22
