Hokey Pokey

There is a lot of rain in the country of Holland.  I got familiar with that reality in a hurry.  I also learned a very valuable lesson from the rain.  
One day, my companion and I rode our bikes to a person's house that we had met two days before.  Their home was a long bike ride from where we lived.  The ride was great on the way there but on the ride home, it began to rain--very hard!  My companion and I looked at one another surprised by our situation.  I have to admit that the experience wasn't that fun up until we decided to do something way out of our norm.  Jeff Reeves and I began to sing 'The Hokey Pokey.'  Visualize two Mormon missionaries, in suits, riding bikes like the ones straight out of the movie 'The Sound of Music', singing the extended version of the hokey pokey, with actions and all.  By the time we had thought of everything that we could sing about, and done them, we had arrived back to our apartment.  Reeves and I laughed about that experience not only then but for many days thereafter.  We had learned a lesson of having fun no matter what situation we found ourselves in.  I felt extremely blessed to have a companion that I really enjoyed, who would look at things on the bright side. 
Not everything that we do in life is that fun.  Sometimes we are expected to do things that are either out of our comfort zone or that we're not that interested in.  I challenge you to create a 'Hokey Pokey' moment of your own during these times of your life.
Let me piggyback something else onto this thought.  
I talked with a good friend, just the other day.  I called him and asked him how he was doing.  "I'm alright."  He muttered back.  You might not see anything wrong with his response.  Life is wonderfully generous to each one of us.  When someone asks how you are doing, I believe that it requires a more enthusiastic resonse than "I'm alright."  Once in a while, I would expect that kind of response but all of the other times the response ought to be "I'm great or I'm good."  
Look on the bright side.  It's easier to get through life and its much easier to listen to someone who is doing better than 'alright.'
That's the challenge of the day.  'The Hokey Pokey' always reminds me of that rainy day many years ago.  I am thankful for that great day!