Want to be miserable? Then spend your life keeping score. Go ahead and pay close attention to how much you do for people and how much they do in return. Make sure it is always even. Or, better yet, keep track of how often somebody does something to offend you. It is a guaranteed formula for misery. It is diabolical in its effectiveness.

The crazy thing is, a lot of people live this way. They hold on to hurts and carry grudges for years. Their minds carry a ledger of how much they gave that person, and how little appreciation was showed for it. In this, saddly, Christian’s are just as good at being miserable as pagan.