What do you tell yourself and others about your life? Do you paint a picture of your life as happy and optimistic or as somber and sad?
Its not what happens to us in this life but it is what we do with and about what happens to us in this life. Life is not fair. Never has been. Never will be. Thats just the way it is. So if you dont like the hand that youve been dealt you have a right to complain all you want but that wont change circumstances and it wont make it better. It will make it worse.
Our lives are defined by the stories we tell ourselves and others. Good things happen to everybody and bad things happen to everybody. But its the story we tell that emphasizes the event.
Weve all heard inspiring stories about people who have overcame hardships and difficulties. Those are the stories everyone likes to hear. They remind us of the triumph of the human spirit. On the other hand we all hear stories of gloom and doom from often well-meaning friends, loved ones, relatives. We hear exaggerated stories of sickness and despair. But all of the exaggeration of the bad brings more bad to your life. You get what you focus on. You see what you look for. If you are...