Quote From: casey4
Would you rather be right or be happy?… This is a powerful question, which on occasions I have trouble with. 
If you have an insight as to something being wrong (not personal, but more with the world), do you try to do something about it (be right) or do you accept it as the way it is (be happy)? 
 
I frequently pray: 
Lord give me the courage to change things I can, 
the humility to accept the things I can not, 
and the wisdom to know the difference. 
 
Unfortunately this prayer does not help me a whole lot, and I find what is wrong with the world frequently flows over to my personal life…..:-( 
 
Does anyone have insights as to what one can do? 
Best Regards, 
 
 
FIRST I WANT TO SAY THAT YOU ARE NOT THE MINORITY IN THIS .I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD, BUT I DO KNOW FROM YOUR MESSAGE THAT YOU DO PRAY AND BELIEVE IN HIM. SO, GOING FROM THERE I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU.
THE KNOWING THINGS ARE NOT RIGHT IS A KNOWING FROM GOD. I URGE YOU TO SEEK HIM IN ALL THE SITUATIONS THAT YOUR REFERRING TO AS TO IF YOU ARE TO JUST PRAY ABOUT THEM, OR IF YOU ARE TO TAKE ACTUAL ACTION IN THE SITUATION.
ANOTHER THING IS TO JUST STAND ON THE PROMISES THAT HE HAS MADE US IN HIS WORD, AND TO KNOW THAT THOSE ARE JUST THAT---PROMISES. HE IS THE ONE THAT IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FULFILLMENT OF THOSE PROMISES, AND WE HAVE TO STAND ON THOSE WHICH HE MADE. I ALSO GO TO THE WORDS OF JESUS TO HELP ME GET THROUGH WHEN IT SEEMS LIKE THE WORLD IS CAVING IN AROUND ME. IT TAKES, TO MY UNDERSTANDING AT LEAST 20 DAYS TO BREAK A BAD HABIT, SO IT STANDS TO REASON THAT IT WOULD TAKE AT LEAST THAT LONG TO FORM A NEW HABIT IN IT'S PLACE. I PRACTICE SPEAKING THE WORD OVER SITUATIONS, VERSES FALLING INTO THE DOOM AND GLOOM WE HEAR SO MUCH IN OUR EVERY DAY LIVES. JESUS SAID TO PREACH THE GOOD NEWS OF THE GOSPEL, AND STANDING ON THIS IS WHAT GIVES ME STRENGTH. MY ENCOURAGEMENT COMES FROM THIS FAITH, AND HAVING PEOPLE TO HELP ME HOLD MY ARMS UP AS MOSES DID WHEN HE BECAME WEAK. I WILL BE PRAYING THAT YOU WILL HAVE PEACE, AND THAT GOD WILL GIVE YOU CLEAR DIRECTION IN YOUR DAY TO DAY WALK. GOD BLESS, AND KEEP YOUR MIND ON HIM AND HE WILL GIVE YOU THAT PERFECT PEACE.