Frustrangerfusion

Posted: April 18, 2012 in Life in General
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Frustrangerfusion [fruh-strain-ger-fyoo-zhun]
noun
1.  the state of being frustrated, angry, and confused all at the same time.
2. life.

So who can relate to that?  I’m sure you can’t.  What, with your perfect life and perfect family, and perfect job, and perfect…what’s that?  You say your life isn’t perfect?  I’ve always found it strange that when our lives seem the most balanced, or ordered, or successful on the outside that often we feel the most frustrated, angry, and confused on the inside.

Perhaps the most perplexing part of all this is that, at least for me, I seldom know why.  I’m frustrated and yet I can’t find the source of my frustration.  I’m angry but I’m not sure who or what I’m angry about.  I’m confused and yet I don’t have the mental clarity to even decipher what it is that I don’t understand.  I guess it’s possible that you are reading this and you have not been able to relate to anything that I’ve said so far.  If that’s you may, I suggest a different blog, perhaps something like this with cute puppies.

For the rest of us, you probably didn’t just relate with what I said you are probably right smack dab in the middle of this very quandary.   This enigma that is life and our human emotions is not one that is always easy to navigate.  The question is where do we turn in these situations and how do we find the exit?

In John 16:32-33 Jesus says, “In the world you will have tribulation.”  First of all let’s stop pretending it won’t or can’t happen to us.  If Jesus said it (and He did) then let’s just believe it.  Times of frustration and anger and confusion are going to happen.  But, just as Jesus says in these verses that He is not alone, neither are we for the Father is with us.

If you want to know where to turn to in times of frustrangerfusion, then the answer is simple; Turn to God.  Now here comes the part where I give you the standard Christian advice.  Get into the word and read your bible.  Start spending time in prayer.  Put in the worship CD and begin praising God.

Certainly all of those things are good and that’s all good advice, but I want to make some suggestions to you today that maybe you haven’t thought of:

  1. Write in your blog – Trust me this one works, I know because I’m writing in mine right now.  Don’t have a blog?  No problem get yourself a notebook and pen and just start writing.  It’s amazing how different our perspective is on things when we write them down.
  2. Laugh so hard that it hurts -Jesus said in John 16 that we should be of good cheer because He has overcome the world.  It’s pretty easy to tell someone to look at the bright side.  It’s much harder to actually do it.  But, on the other hand it’s really hard to be angry or frustrated when you are laughing so hard that you begin to cry and perhaps you pee your pants just a little.  Find something to laugh at.  Grab a friend and pop in a video of your favorite comedian or better yet just go people watching at Wal-Mart…that always kills me.
  3. Talk it out – A good friend is such a valuable resource, don’t forget you got them.  Sometimes we are bottling up the same frustrations that our friends have capped off inside of themselves.  Take some time and spend it with a trusted friend talking out your feelings.  Just in case that gets you more depressed or frustrated try reminding of that time the cop pulled you over for doing a Chinese fire drill in someone’s driveway.  You know who you are :)

First Ever Political Post

Posted: March 8, 2012 in Leadership
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I’m pretty sure this is my first ever political post here on my blog.  So with that said, you politicians need to listen closely as I’m probably only going to say this once.  And, the frightening part of this is that what I’m about to say has already been said and yet year after year you still don’t seem to hear it.

Today I received 4 pieces of mail which were endorsing candidates.  Two pieces were from one candidate and the other two were for another candidate running for the same political seat.  As a side note let me just say this before I get to my main point.  I have never voted for a candidate because of a direct mail piece that I have received.  However, the contrary is true.  I have in the past, voted against a candidate because of a mail piece or even an item dropped off at my door.  So to sum up my side note, let me just say that direct mail has done more damage then good.

But, here is the real message that I would like to convey to every politician who can hear it (and quite frankly also to those who cannot hear it)…

STOP TELLING US WHAT OR WHO YOU ARE AGAINST AND START TELLING US WHAT YOU ARE FOR.

I won’t go to the trouble of embarrassing this particular candidate by mentioning his name (actually he embarrassed himself enough just by sending this junk mail) but all he succeeded in telling me with his direct mail campaign is that something smells fishy and he is against the other guy.  So let me get this straight.  You don’t like your opponent and you are against him.  Well duh!!  Nobody ever ran for office because they thought the other guy or gal was the best person for the job.  If they thought that then they would have simply got on board that person’s campaign rather than launching their own.

Here is an idea for you.  Try telling us what you will do right if you are elected, instead of telling us what the other person has done wrong.  Seriously, at this point most voters have a pretty good understanding of what they think is wrong.  What we really want to hear is what sort of things you are willing to do if elected.

This goes way beyond just having a “positive” campaign.  An upbeat and positive attitude does go a long way, but positive thinking doesn’t solve problems….answers solve problems.  So how about it?  What do say we start talking about some real issues and you start to give us some real ideas that can address those issues?

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