For many people their life doesn't suck. They are happy, at peace with themselves and enjoying their life to the fullest. Here’s what I’ve learned: some people really do seem at peace. They laugh easily. They’re grateful even when life isn’t perfect. They make the best of situations that would leave most of us curled up in frustration. You look at them and think, what do they have that I don’t?
I came into this world in Winnipeg, Manitoba, post-World War Two, a city known for its frozen winters, endless prairie winds, and, for me, a rough beginning. For the purposes of this message, which I hope to deliver to you, it is not important to describe my living conditions in the first fourteen years of my life in any great detail. But I do want to add a little perspective, so a brief review of my early beginnings will tie my message together, that no matter what your circumstances are or where, you can turn any negative situation into a positive one!
Life as a teenager was unbearable for me. The bullying, the fear, the loneliness, and then with all the hormones flowing through my body, I was a complete train wreck. At fourteen years old I had a chance to leave home by living with my older brother, thinking maybe I'd find relief there. I didn't.
If you had told that younger me, that fourteen-year-old kid the one shoveling snow to buy a cup of coffee, sleeping in flop houses or on park benches, and wondering if God had misplaced him that one day he'd be here, he never would've believed you. But here I am. Today, I’m in my mid 70’s, and my life looks completely different.
If there’s a “holy grail” in life, it’s happiness. Not the polished, Instagram-filtered version. I mean real happiness, the kind where you can look in the mirror, be comfortable in your own skin, and feel at peace with who you are and the life you’re living.
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