Improving our Focus

“Life is either bitter or sweet depending entirely upon which we choose to focus on.”

Today I just want to give a very quick tip.  In the world we live in it is often easy to become discouraged.  However, if we can pay attention to the good things in our lives, even the seemingly small and insignificant things, we can find happiness.

 In many ways we are conditioned to focus on the negative, dwell on the bad, be constantly fixing what is wrong, and pointing out problems when good is all around us in our lives.  This pre-conditioned habit to dwell on the bad often brings us down.  We need to however improve our focus by expressing gratitude for all of the good in our lives.  I know each of us has many things to be thankful for.  And if we can turn our attention from the negative and focus on the positive, we will become much better people. 

When things go wrong in our life as they often do, we have two choices.  We can either make things worse and contribute to the problems or we can make them better.  If we can focus on helping things go right, no matter the challenges we face, we will find success. 

So my challenge today is to focus on the good…always.  There is so much good around us that we miss because we are too aware of the bad.  Focusing on the good and giving thanks in our lives for it will help us to be better people.