I watched Will Smith's "The Pursuit of Happyness" with Mommy last night after she came home from work at around midnight. Besides it being a great bonding time with my mother, it was also a great time to just give thanks for the blessings that God has given me.

I'm so grateful that I'm surrounded by God's grace every single day. Whether it's in my comfortable home in Charlotte or on the campus of the best possible university for me, I am so filled with awe at the position in which God has placed me. Movies like "The Pursuit of Happyness" remind me not to take my position in life for granted. They remind me of all of the beauty around me, and how trivial my minor discomfort in life may be compared to the struggles that people like Chris Gardner have had to face day after day.

I really liked the church scene in which Will Smith held his son tightly during the service as the people around him just sang praises to the Lord, despite their unfavorable circumstances.

God is so good. He has not only given us the ability to pursue happyness, but also the means by which we can claim true joy in Him, that even in the worst of circumstances, we still have reason to bless His name.

Praise the Lord! ^__^