As it stands now, my Courage feels like a small flame flickering on a candle. Life is often windy and feel as if it always trying to extinguish it to test how committed I am to the Plan of Eternal Happiness. I am continually being tested. I am a Christian surrounded by insensitive atheists who continually mock and analyze my faith in order to prove it wrong. I am living with people who are disagreeable and dealing with more challenges in class than I’ve ever dealt with before. All the while the wind is growing stronger and colder and the flame is still flickering. But my fire has never been put out. The flame may get smaller but it’s never snuffed.
When there is negativity surrounds you, gather your courage and protect it. Go to a quiet, private place and talk to your Self. Encourage it when it’s feeling down, be that “person” who is always supportive. Keep sight of your ultimate goals even if they feel far away. Most importantly, put mental space between you and the negativity around you. If they are friends, you don’t have to tell them everything about your Life if they are unsupportive. If you find it easier to make new more loving friends, so be it. When all you have is God and you are surrounded by foes, place that light in a lantern and protect from that wind which will destroy it.
Remain positive. Even if you are steeped in negativity, find a way to turn it around. Staying negative is easy, in fact it’s lazy. Positivity through trials is hard work. James 2:20 states that faith without works is dead. Keep the faith, but you have to work at keeping your happiness. Never stop working. DL
