Grace upon grace

One of the puzzling aspects of life is the different ways people approach life. I would sit in clergy groups where the clergy did nothing but complain about the lay people they were saddled with in their parish. Everything was wrong and you would have thought they had the worst possible job in the world. I was depressed after leaving these groups even though I had the same job and I loved it. Some people only mention cloudy and rainy days as if the sun never shines on their lives. Stopping to smell the roses is impossible because they seem to never see the flowers to begin with only the weeds. Grace upon grace is poured out around them and they don't even see it. I spent a good part of my life like that. I approached life as drudgery and I was not disappointed, but I can't say life was really worth living either. I indulged myself in choices that mimicked happiness and even created a few fleeting minutes that might even be called happy. Now I'm so happy that I once was blind but now I see. Grace upon grace made the world visible. Grace upon grace made the same old new. Grace upon grace filled the mundane with meaning, and the meaningful with purpose. Grace upon grace changed everything and nothing. Same world same issues same problems but better solutions and greater possibilities. You see with grace life's a beach. Sorry, I know some of you an't stand sand.