One of my favorite blogs that I read is one written by Patrick Mead. His blog is called Tent Pegs. I try to read once or twice a week (with or without new content there). He writes in such a way which rings true in my heart. I strongly suggest that you put it on your to read list every week. His last two articles on his blog has hit me hard. Here is a summary of them:

“Decisions in Marriage“
You only own one thing: your power to decide. All your possessions can be taken from you by an army, an illness, or an attorney. Your health can disappear overnight. Your reputation can be trashed by your own behavior or by the entirely specious claims of another.

But you can always decide how you will react, what you will do.It goes on of course to discuss how you can make good decisions in dealing with your spouse, etc. The advise though works in all aspects of your life, the thing that always seem to forget is that reaction is not necessarily suppose to be an automatic thing. It can be thought out and it can be counter intuitive to what you initially want to do.

”The Secret“Want to have a happy life? Want to find joy even in the hard times? Here is the secret:

Like what you’ve got. Want what you have.
Both of these things are so simple they are difficult, but isn’t that always the case. In both cases the advise is so straightforward but takes a lot of effort to do. It is really only through God’s grace that we can do those things on a daily basis.