***How best to deal with your discouragement is to encourage others***

The best way to deal with your discouragement is to gather the courage to encourage others in their discouragement. No matter what you are going through, someone has it worse than you. Instead of wallowing in your discouragement, allow God to use you as a bridge of hope and encouragement to others. Often God allows us to face difficult and discouraging situations so we can encourage others in their discouragements. We don’t become happy by pursuing happiness but by seeking the happiness of others. True happiness is the byproduct of selfless service. If you focus on alleviating the pain of others, your pain will be alleviated in the process. Therefore be the wind beneath someone’s wings today. Pick up the phone and call or text someone, visit someone, send a card, or pray with someone. Your happiness depends on it. “Whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.” Proverbs 11:25.