"One of these mornings you're gona rise up singing"

You get two today ;)

I had yet another profound conversation with a good friend today. The part from this conversation I'd like to talk about is: I think I need to figure out how to make where I am good.

He told me that he's contemplating moving out of state to go to another school. He mentioned that he ended up here in Ohio because he didn't really know what else to do. He said that he feels like there are things missing here that he might have if he were somewhere else.

I think at one point in everyone's lives we all feel this way. For me it was right after I moved back from Utah. It's the whole "grass is greener" idea, but I think at some point you have to realize that anywhere you go is going to be missing something from where you've been.

I think happiness is what you make it...not where you're at. I think where you're at can play a big role in your happiness, but when it comes down to it we all have the potential to be perfectly happy anywhere we are. It's a matter of taking your lemons and making some lemonade.

I feel like this post has become riddled with cliches.

Another mistake that I think Christians in particular make is they assume that when they aren't happy it must be because they aren't doing what they're "supposed to be doing." Again, I firmly believe that our happiness is dependent on our making it. As people we get stir crazy thinking, "man, things just aren't going the way I wish they would for me here. I bet if I move there and start over everything will work itself out." What we often times come to find out is that things were better before we moved away and tried to make things better with a change of scenery. We're then haunted by all the things we had and what we're missing. Eventually some of us move back in an attempt to reclaim everything we've lost.

On the other hand sometimes a change of location is exactly what we need to get our lives straightened out. I have several very good friends whose lives benefited from moving and starting over. Sometimes things can get so beyond repair that you have to just start from scratch.

The important thing to remember is that what it ultimately comes down to is what is going to be right for you in the end. If you do decide that moving is the right answer you have to be prepared for the fact that after all is said and done it may have been a mistake. You have to be ready to accept defeat and in most cases go back to where you started from and try again. The idea of moving and trying something new is a cruel mistress. :) It can't be entered into lightly, and before deciding upon it I think it's important to figure out if you can't make the right here and right now pretty fantastic.