Life has lots of challenges and there are seasons where it seems like there are problems and obstacles everywhere. Certainly for many people the past three years have been difficult, uncertain, and scary.
Reading the paper or watching the news won’t get you any assurance that things are going to get better. Hoping that the next election cycle will clear out the folks you dont’ like and put in leaders with all the answers is a fools game.
So if uncertainty is around us, how are we to stay healthy and sane?
Don’t focus on the negative, uncertainty, but count your blessings in the moment.
Having been in some of the most impoverished parts of this world, I know that you’ll find happy people everywhere, even in desperate poverty. When you focus on what you have, no matter how small, and build on that foundation you will be creating strength, showing gratitude, and working with the only thing you have to work with: this moment.
Yet most people focus on the future, what they don’t have, and where they’d like to be. This makes us miserable and unfocused. It also brings all the outside uncertainty into our lives and compounds the difficulties.
Does it matter what Greece does? What if the stock market goes down? What if you get sick? What if business doesn’t pick up? What if….STOP!!!!!!
Just focus on what you’ve got and start working to the best of your ability. It’s the only way to build a happy healthy life.
What do you think? Why is it hard to focus on the good and so easy to get drawn into “what if”?
David Curry
