How you Respond may Change you for the Best

I don’t know what the perfect life looks like.  Actually I do.  Jesus Christ.  Yes.  So outside of Him, most of us have shortcomings.  Some we can admit to - Some we deny - Some we don’t even recognize and so forth.  The unfortunate thing for most of us is that we live in a REAL REALITY SHOW in contrast to the produced one’s on television.

Surprise.  There are no cuts.  No retakes.  No edits.  Just straight live action that cannot be altered once the moment is passed.  On top of that, it all happens so fast!  Now when it happens there are only two ways it can go.  Positive or Negative.  For the sake of argument let’s leave out relativity.  Well this is Positivity Matters In Life. LOL

Pause. Breath. Smile.

There is a rule I think that I learned from somewhere, but it applies in life to a great many things.  As they say don’t sweat the small stuff so to speak.

“If it is not something that you will be upset with in five years, let it go.”

PLEASE READ THAT AGAIN.  ONE MORE TIME FOR GOOD MEASURE.

A lot of the things that we let agitate, annoy, frustrate, and perplex us are not worth it all.  Guard your heart for in it are the issues of life.  I can’t imagine how hard it is to think about all the things that can go wrong or are bad.  That’s a tough job.  I would rather be thinking of nothing or good stuff.  The heart is a fascinating thing.  It really responds to your thoughts.  

So in short.  You can choose what things you let fester in your heart and mind.  Sometimes the best response is a no response.  Sometimes just let it play out.  Sometimes it just isn’t that serious.  It’s a lot easier being nice than being angry.  It takes a lot of work to do that.  Smiling and saying ok is one of the easiest things that you can do, and it just might be the best thing for you.

So the moral of the story is: you can change your outlook.  You can change your responses to things in life.  You might just like the way you look, just like the Men’s Warehouse says. It’s like putting on a suit.  Put on the brand new you!