Your Right To Say It

As you know, Ryan and I started answering some questions from the book Tying Rocks To Clouds: Meetings and Conversations With Wise and Spiritual People by William Elliot, this is the second question I have decided to answer. It is pretty simple for the most part, I encourage you to answer this as well in the comments section. The question is: What makes you happy? Sad? Angry?

What makes you happy?

What makes me happy? Well, little bunnies playing in the front yard has always made me smile. But seriously, seeing Gods love makes me happy. What I mean by that is this, when I see someone do an unselfish act of kindness for someone else. When someone helps another person stranded on the roadside for no other reason other than the fact they need help, or anonymous donations to charity. I imagine it is these things that make God smile. Another thing that makes me happy is seeing pure joy. On our wedding day was the first time I truly saw pure honest joy. As Jenny and I stood up at the alter and I looked into Jenny’s eyes, as they were tearing up, I saw pure joy, joy in knowing we would be together forever. The only time I think I will experiance joy like that again is when we have children. These are the things that make me happy.

What makes you sad?

When I see the flaws in humanity through myself. When I allow myself to do things I don’t want to do and become something I don’t want to be. I sin, I don’t want to but I do, that makes me sad. When I fail to be the person i want to be. Also, when I see God’s design destroy itself. On 9-11 God’s design attacked itself. We are all God’s creation, and we failed. God does not want war, he does not desire his creation to be destroyed. The war in Iraq is sad. How do I support it then? That is a discussion for another time.

What makes you angry?

This one is hard, I hold this close to the same level as the previous question. I get angry when I see the ones I love fight. I get angry when I see others hold life as if it is nothing. When there is nothing I can do to help someone in pain physical or emotional, I feel . I get agry at situations more than people, I don’t know if that makes sense.

What about you? What makes you happy? Sad? Angry?