We see what we look for. If you look for the good in a person, you see it. If you look for the good in a situation, you see it. If you look for the bad in people or situations, you see it.This probably sounds like too simple an explanation of life, but I believe it’s true.
If you are looking for something, you are mentally discarding all the information that doesn’t fit the picture you see in your mind. Looking for the good means you will be much more apt to see the good. If you look for what is right in your life and savor the small joys, the sadness and anger you feel because of your problems will lessen.
Looking for the good won’t make the problems magically disappear. Nothing can do that. When you solve a problem, one or two more will appear. They always do. We can’t create a life that has no problems, but we can control how much the bad affects our lives. If we focus on looking for the good, we can keep the bad from coloring the whole picture of our lives.
The ability to look for the good in each person and situation is a sacred gift. I wish you countless sacred gifts.
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