Not Getting Overhyped About Things, Part 2 (TMF:2211)

Monday, October 30, 2023
Peace to Live By: Not Getting Overhyped About Things, Part 2 (TMF:2211) - Daniel Litton
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       It’s good for us, then, to keep things in their proper perspective. Realize that dinner will be good, but not great. The family reunion will be a good time to catch up with people we haven’t seen in a while, but there will be a couple of people we have to talk to that perhaps in a perfect world we would rather not. Our favorite TV show will come back with a bang, but there will likely be at least one decision the writers made that we don’t like. Our wedding day will be great, but we still have to get up early, go through dressing ourselves up, and do a lot of waiting. When we bring events down a notch or two on the excitement scale, we can then sit back and enjoy the day as it comes without having too much eager anticipation. This allows us to sort of take things in as they come. It allows us to enjoy the moment, to accept things for what they really are, and not some artificial thing that they are not. It allows us to remember that God is the one who really matters, and everything else is secondary. It permits us to accept people as they are, imperfect, just as we are, and not expect too much from them. All of it allows us to live life in the manner it really is.