Nov 23 2011
Forget-Me-Not Conclusion
In last week’s post, I began the discussion about a conference I’d recently attended and an excellent talk that I heard while I was at the conference. In today’s post I’ll discuss the remainder of the speaker’s points.3. Forget not to be happy now. The speaker tells of the children’s story, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and how the candy maker Willy Wonka announces that he has a Golden Ticket in 5 candy bars. Written on each ticket were the following words, “Greetings to you, the lucky finder of this Golden Ticket…Tremendous things are in store for you! Many wonderful surprises await you! Mystic and marvelous surprises will delight, astonish, and perplex you.”
In the story people all over the world were desperately looking for the Golden Ticket. They feel like their happiness depends on whether or not they find the “Golden Ticket.” And in their anxiousness to find the ticket they forget the simple pleasure they used to enjoy in the taste of the chocolate candy bar.
The candy bar became a disappointment. He said so many people today are waiting on their own golden ticket. The ticket that they believe holds the key to their happiness. The ticket that they have always dreamed about. He said for some it may be a perfect marriage, for others a magazine-cover house, or perhaps freedom from stress and worry.
There is nothing wrong with these hopes and dreams but it’s when we put our happiness on hold as we wait for some future event – our golden ticket – to appear. I think we need to be happy now with what we have. Our attitude has a lot to do with our happiness.
4. Forget not that God loves us. He told us that whatever your circumstances may be, you are not forgotten. He said there’s something inspiring and sublime about the little forget-me-not flower. He said we should let it be a symbol of the little things that make our lives joyful and sweet.
Never forget to be patient and compassionate with yourselves, that some sacrifices are better than others, that you need not to wait for a golden ticket to be happy. The question now becomes… what can you do with what I’ve shared with you today? How can you apply these “forget-me-nots” to your marriage?
