Many folks consider positive thinking as detached from reality.
"I'm a realist," they say. "I call 'em like I see 'em."
"Don't look at the world through rose colored glasses."
They're not wrong. They realistically see the world as a limited place. They call out others to feel better about themselves. They search out the negativity to prove their worldview.
That's because, what one focuses on, expands.
Winston Churchill said, "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
Our world is in a perpetual cycle of life and death, the circle of existence.
Every day the sun rises and every night, the sun sets. We can count on it.
We can also count on each new day bringing new opportunities and challenges.
We can count on the fact that if we work towards a goal every day, that we're likely to get closer to it.
We can count on our bodies returning to the Earth in some moment past the present.
But, this moment, right now, is a gift. This moment we can turn it all around. We can change direction. We can start a new path. We can continue on a path we believe in. We can express love and gratitude. We can be so immensely grateful for the people that have touched our lives.
In this moment, we can take a deep breathe and smile from ear to ear thinking of the immense blessings this world has given us.
Albert Einstein said, "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
Let’s choose to change how we see things right now.
Let’s embrace each moment in front of us.
Let’s commit to positive thinking.
Zig Ziglar preached, "Positive thinking won't allow you to do anything, but it will allow you to do everything better than negative thinking will."