A Feather in your Cap

Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you struggle to have control over your thinking and negative thoughts are flooding into your mind - that is the time to talk your way out of it with distraction.  Tell yourself if you have to that you are going to focus on something else right now.    Speak to someone that makes you smile.  Find something that makes you feel better.  Try encouraging yourself that you are strong and powerful and in control of your mind.  Look around you to change your focus.  Take the first thing that is in front of you and allow your thoughts to change your world.  Do not allow the strains of life to suffocate you from the calling to be happy and prosperous and victorious.  The sooner we realize that we cannot live the life we do not want the quicker we can get on with a good life.  We are entitled to be happy and to move forward for much more than a few reasons.  We can thank the people in our lives that make a difference to our upbringing and our formative years.  We can show gratitude to them for the sacrifices they made to get us to where we are now.  We can try not to take things for granted like support and assistance and care and we can be respectful of time and what others are willing to give up to bring us a little reprieve and a taste of happiness.  Take a hard look at those in your life and what they are doing for you and then celebrate them, build them up and grab some love for your own accomplishments and talents in the best possible way.