Never Happy

 Never happy..... I love decorating shows. One of my favorites was airing the other day as I was creating at my workspace. This couple, with littlies, was overwhelmed. They had taken on renovations and for a full year they were cooking off a hot plate set right near their outdoor laundry machines in the garage. (It is not unusual to have laundry machines out in the garage in California, USA. )They submitted a request for help from these two designers, feeling like they were in a dilapidated house that may never get fixed. It was a sight to behold. Almost like the whole house, from the insides, were ripped down and then left. The chaos was carried on their shoulders and the designers were there to save them. It was sweet until it wasn't.

Once the professionals were there, they started peeling away the issues. This couple couldn't make any decisions and once they did.....they changed it! Money was just being thrown out the door with the inability to commit and complete any one project. The general state of the home was a disaster! So they were stuck! The experts said that they would make all the decisions and the couple was to leave and not return until done. (Mind ya all, that the specialists have years and years of "on-air" successes and have done so much in their lives that financially they are set for life. In other words, they know what they know!) 

Here is the rub.....Once they had relief, the homeowners started getting upset, controlling, and spunky with their words. They didn't trust the pros, they didn't want to give any control away, and one of the partners snuck into the house to see what was going on and had a meltdown because a doggie door was removed. They weren't happy at all. A gift was given and appreciated until it became theirs and then the negativity started.......augh.

The old-pros decided to give some decisions to the peeps. So mama got to look at counters for the kitchen and papa got to choose an ottoman.... :). He could not decide if an ottoman or a coffee table would work best. The designer laughed saying that "They don't even have a stove" so this choice should be easy! He went with the ottoman by the way. What came out though was he and his wife suffer from two things:

1. It is scary to lock into a decision.

2. What if we complete a project and it isn't right? So why finish?

I actually know people like this. And maybe that is the source of our extreme gratitude and then followed by an attitude of entitlement in some cases? Once something is ours, we are allowed to start to judge and control and "nick-pick". I am just musing if maybe this week, we can all contemplate how we mentally change our thoughts from extreme grace to not so happy. 

There are definitely two trains going on here, one being appreciative of all we receive and also why we hesitate to go the distance. I am not sure how to meld the two but both are about our thoughts and creating a mindset of joy and recognition for all that we have and CAN accomplish as well as for those who serve us.

Cannot tie it all up but go and do and see what you come up with. May God bless the USA and our brothers and sisters who are struggling so in this world.