Monday, October 27, 2008
You can't quit until you try
You can't live until you die
You can't learn to tell the truth
Until you learn to lie
Just because you've experienced pain or disappointment in the past does not guarantee that it's all you'll experience in the future. There are many things in your past that you couldn't control, and everybody comes across unfortunate circumstances at some point in their lives - we ourselves as an individual are not an exception! But there are also many things in life we can control to one degree or another, and therein lies the possibility of change. A day or week that starts badly will not necessarily end badly. Do not make a bad start turn into a self fulfilling prophecy for a bad ending.
And when it comes to that, i guess what we overlook is not being grateful enough with whatever we have around us. Everyone has something to be grateful for.I guess the key to being an optimist is recognizing the benefits and possibilities of any situation, and understanding that it could always be worse. If all else fails, think of how life could be worse, and flip the thought process to recognize what you do have. Like, "I'm flunking out of school" can turn into "Well, at least I have a chance to go to school, and I still have time to turn my grades around."
Not everyone is lucky and the attitude in you only change if you are just willing to give it a try.
Accept pain, failure and disappointment as a part of life, not the entirety of it.
