“Look man, I think what you’re doing and all is cool, but what’s the point? Why do you believe what you believe?”…

I rejected my friend’s view that optimism is somehow ignorance of suffering and that being joyful will pass when things get difficult enough. But what he said stuck with me and it came back most recently because things are happening in my life right now that are difficult, that bring tears to my eyes, and make my shoulders feel like I’m carrying a weight there. I mused on our conversation and decided to reconsider, think, look into my heart and see if he was right after all.

That is how someone who has Jesus in their life works. They find a way to win. Not on the field but in life.