{"id":801,"date":"2018-05-23T14:48:27","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T14:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/?p=801"},"modified":"2018-05-23T14:48:27","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T14:48:27","slug":"focus-on-the-goodness-of-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wewaitheworks\/2018\/05\/focus-on-the-goodness-of-life.html","title":{"rendered":"Focus on the Goodness of Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-136\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/405\/2017\/03\/being-grateful-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"appreciating everything\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What you focus on in life, you\u2019ll get. If you focus on trouble long enough it will only develop into more trouble and more problems and more drama. Whatever you focus on gets larger and larger in your life and it\u2019ll get larger and larger to the point where it\u2019ll make your life get completely out of whack and out of balance.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re constantly focusing on how bad your life is, you\u2019re not only making it harder for you to keep positive people in your life, or people in your life period. You are also making it harder for yourself to see the bigger picture of how wonderful God has made your life. If you look at what\u2019s wrong with your life, it can actually get to the point where you actually hate your life.<\/p>\n<p>You may think that you have the absolute worst life, ever, because of your circumstances, while someone else might actually be thinking you have the absolute best life ever compared to theirs. They could be begging for your life to be theirs because they absolutely want a better life, but have no way to get to it, or they don\u2019t know how to achieve even one of the good things that they see you have in your life.<\/p>\n<p>Think about it, a lot of people are envious, and jealous of the good things you have in your life, even when you think, \u201coh man my life is so messed up and so miserable\u201d, someone out there sees what you have and is in the process of thinking, \u201cman that person has it good. They are well off. Man, I wish I had their lifestyle, and all they can do is complain about it. What I give to have their life. Even for one minute.\u201d There is always, always someone out there who has it worse than you. So be thankful for what you have in life, no matter how bad things may seem.<\/p>\n<p>When someone else says you have it well off or that you\u2019re well off in your life, listen to them. Or ask them what they\u2019re talking about. You see, they\u2019re seeing the great stuff in your life such as a family, a job (even if you don\u2019t like it or hate it), an apartment, a house or financial security or friends, as something that they want and that you\u2019re already blessed with. Someone else will see the stuff that you don\u2019t like about your life in a completely different light and in a completely different perspective because they\u2019re seeing the great stuff that you quit focusing on a long time ago, because you\u2019re so into focusing on stuff that you don\u2019t like, can\u2019t stand or even hate about your life.<\/p>\n<p>If you continue to focus on things you the in your life, you will eventually hate literally everything about your life and you\u2019ll become one miserable person. You\u2019ll become someone that nobody wants to be around. You will lose yourself in your own misery and your own negativity. When you\u2019re focusing on the things that you don\u2019t like in your life, you will literally forget what you actually do like about your life.<\/p>\n<p>If someone ever tells you that they wish you had your life, take that to heart and talk to them about it. They normally mean it. Someone can see your life as amazing while you\u2019re focusing on the negativity in life. Talk to them about it without venting about how bad your life is, and hopefully, you\u2019ll gain a new perspective on your life. Ask what the person who wants to have your life, what they love or like most about your life. Ask them why they want your life so much and what they want to make the most out of their life.<\/p>\n<p>Take a step back and realize how blessed you are. Remember your blessings. No life is that bad. Your life isn\u2019t that bad. You\u2019re going to get what you focus on. So why look at things in a negative way? Try focusing on your blessings instead of your problems.\u00a0 Each day is a blessing.\u00a0 So focus on the great things you have no matter how difficult things may get. Focus on the fact that you have a God that is bigger than all of your negative and your troubles and ask Him to take away the negative thoughts that hinder you. Try and focus on being happy no matter what happens and be glad about each new day of life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What you focus on in life, you\u2019ll get. If you focus on trouble long enough it will only develop into more trouble and more problems and more drama. 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