There are times when living appears hopeless.  Nothing is going well.  We have more bills than money.  Our families are growing and each member wants something that costs money we don’t have.  What’s to live for?

If we are not thinking as we should life itself becomes’ money.  When we fail at providing everything that is expected, we begin to seek personal pursuits that sometimes are to the detriment of everyone in the family, ourselves included.

The remedy is to begin thinking and doing good things for other people.  When you do this anonymously there is a “feel good” feeling that is difficult to explain.  It has been said, “A candle loses nothing by lighting another.”

Here is a thought to ponder in the quiet hours of the night.  When we approach life’s end and we are aware we have only moments left to live, what are our real possessions?  Deeply studying this question, and if we answer it appropriately, we have only three things:

• the strength of our faith
• the love of our family, and
• the depth of our friendships

All those things we thought important in life may not be.  Riches, fame and everything we worked so hard for might be unimportant in the final analysis.  We sometimes don’t recognize our true riches until it’s too late.