Today's thought is:

I always have two lists: things I'm happy about and things I'm not. It's my choice which list I focus on.--Anne Arthur

Why do we all too eagerly see the glass as half empty rather than as half full? It need not be a habit that we are stuck with forever. All of us feel helpless at times to change our vision of life. Discouragement and self-pity become comfortable, and we fear that discarding them will leave us vulnerable.

Seeing the glass as half empty is a sign that our attitude is holding us back. Unfortunately, a bad attitude is seductive. It's as though we find pleasure, perverse though it may be, in feeling sorry for ourselves. Sometimes we even imagine staying in that place forever. It's then that we need the warmth of loving friends, and it's no accident that we are surrounded by them in this fellowship.

We may, at first, try to ignore those reaching toward us, but we will soon feel their presence. We can thank God for the inspiration to adjust our attitude.

If I reach out lovingly to someone else today, I will not need a nudge from my Higher Power to adjust my attitude.
You are reading from the book:

A Woman's Spirit by Karen Casey

This is so true. I have struggled to change my view. I try to always see the positive in every situation that comes my way. It took a long time to be able to do that. Even now that it is becoming a habit it still often takes some time for me to acomplish this. My days are relativley good just because I make a choice to look at life through a different set of lenses. I have learned that life is all about choices. I can get up and see life as a challenge and full of lessons to be learned, people to serve, God's will to be done.....or I can see life as obstacles and dissappointments, people getting in my way, a mess. I was reminded recently that even though I make a conscious effort to do this there is always room for improvement. I was driving to work, late again (I'm always late), while talking on the phone (another bad habit), and a car pulled out in front of me.....I of course cussed them up one side and down the other. The person I had been speaking to politely waited for me to finish and than said, "You know, if you let folks in they can never cut you off". Wow, what a concept....it's all about how you look at it.....