Have you ever noticed how you can listen to a song over and over and yet one day you listen to it and it suddenly has a radically different significance to you? This happened to me this morning as I was driving to school. You see, as I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve made [...]
Stop being ungrateful. No matter how good or bad you have it, wake up each day thankful for your life. Instead of thinking about what you’re missing, try thinking about what you have.
Stop focusing on what you don’t want to happen. Focus on what you do want to happen. If you awake every morning with the thought that something wonderful will happen in your life today, and you pay close attention, you’ll often find that you’re right.
Stop worrying so much. Worry will not strip tomorrow of its burdens, it will strip today of its joy. One way to check if something is worth mulling over is to ask yourself this question: “Will this matter in one year’s time? Three years? Five years?” If not, then it’s not worth worrying about.
Stop trying to be everything to everyone. Doing so is impossible, and trying will only burn you out. But making one person smile CAN change the world. Maybe not the whole world, but their world. So narrow your focus.