I wonder why my mind is steeped in melancholy, For I seem to express my sadness more than my happiness. My sorrows and woes are easier to pen than my joys, that when writ are diluted by my struggles, functioning as a "happy ending" to avoid a morose end.
I wonder why this is common in most people, why we find it easier to express sadness. Are we a pessimistic people? Are we constantly waiting for the proverbial shoe to drop?
Maybe so.
I think we take for granted the happiness in our lives Because we feel like it won't last. Why be happy when it will all be taken away? Why be happy when, inevitably, something is going to go wrong.
I think this mindset needs to be changed.
Cherish the happy moments.
Live in them.
Shout it from the mountain top, and proclaim who makes you joyful.
I know that God's grace brings me great joy, may he give me the strength to trudge through the valleys.