I know people like this. Love and peace to you, Stephen.

Regis 🍁🐦🌺😊🙏

THE MISERABLENESS OF SOME PEOPLE IS SAD. BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S EVEN SADDER? THEY DON'T REALIZE THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FEELING 'HAPPY' AND FEELING 'JOY'. HAPPINESS...DEPENDS ON WHAT'S HAPPENING. JOY...DEPENDS ON THE SPIRIT OF GOD. HIS JOY IS WITH US ALL THE TIME. SO, WHEN HAPPINESS LEAVES HIS JOY REMAINS, IT NEVER LEAVES US. I'M NOT TELLING YOU WHAT I THINK, I'M TELLING YOU WHAT I KNOW. 'HAPPINESS' LEFT MY LIFE YEARS AGO, I EXIST TODAY AND AM ABLE TO GO THROUGH ONLY BECAUSE OF THE 'JOY' OF ALMIGHTY GOD THAT WALKS WITH ME EACH AND EVERY DAY OF MY LIFE. IF I HAD TO EXIST ON THE UNHAPPINESS THAT SURROUNDS ME(PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE)I WOULD GIVE UP ON LIFE BUT...I CAN SMILE AND PERSEVERE THROUGH IT ALL BECAUSE OF THE 'JOY' OF ALMIGHTY GOD WHICH, PRAISE GOD, REFUSES TO LEAVE MY SIDE! THERE'S A SONG THAT GOES LIKE THIS; '...THIS JOY I HAVE THE WORLD DIDN'T GIVE IT TO ME, THE WORLD DIDN'T GIVE IT AND THE WORLD CAN'T TAKE IT AWAY...' WE CAN ONLY PRAY THAT THOSE THAT ARE UNHAPPY WILL BE LED BY A WORD, A SONG, A TESTIMONY OR WHATEVER OTHER WAY GOD WILL LEAD THEM...TO TAP INTO HIS 'JOY'. I KNOW YOU HAVE 'HIS JOY' STEPHEN, I CAN TELL FROM YOUR WRITINGS THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU FOR SHARING, STEPHEN. LOVE, BLESSINGS AND FAITH...HIS+INSPIRATIONS

I agree with that. And a whole bunch of them are poets writing about their misery every day so that others can read how miserable they are.

For the most part life is getting better for most of us. So it's nice to write on the bright side.

Ron