LIFE IS LIKE A CAMERA, FOCUS ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT, CAPTURE THE GOOD TIMES, DEVELOP FROM THE NEGATIVES, AND IF THINGS DON'T WORK OUT, TAKE ANOTHER SHOT.
LIFE IS THE MOST DIFFICULT EXAM. MANY PEOPLE FAIL BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO COPY OTHERS, NOT REALIZING THAT, EVERYONE HAS A DIFFERENT QUESTION PAPER.
Three quotes seeking to motivate us.
The first is telling us to realize that what you put into life is what you get back.
The second to focus on what is important, learn from your mistakes, and bounce back and try again if something doesn't work out.
The third, that being yourself is what life is about because each of us has our own life to work on and learn from. It also says that we go wrong when we try to live like someone else, since our own life is different from anyone else's.
When I read these quotes and others like them, I realize that people have worked hard to learn life's lessons and that some people try to find a way to look at things positively.
Buddha said that, Holding onto anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. To me this is true. When I see someone's face when they are expressing anger, there is nothing lovely or joyful in it. See for yourself. The next time you are expressing anger, look in the mirror. If someone you are speaking to is doing so, look at them.
So, what are the possible outcomes that might come out of a positive or negative approach?
A positive approach leaves open the possibility and hope that you approach each day thinking that you might succeed. By smiling and being cheerful, you are making a conscious decision to give the people around you, and things you are doing, a chance of working out.
The person, at least trying to be positive, begins with an openness to the day being a good one. That person may smile or at least start out with a neutral, or better yet, cheerful attitude.
When you offer others a smile, people tend to smile back at you. Think of how people immediately smile at little children who are smiling and laughing. We smile back at them and leave them feeling better than we did before.
Anger on the other hand, negative comments or views, gossip about someone else and criticism, doesn't leave anyone feeling better. Although you can tell yourself, you are just venting and that after you get it 'out of your system', it will be cathartic. In fact, usually we are no better off than when our frustration and anger was simmering inside us.
Expressing anger, because we felt we must, may have seemed a way to keep from becoming angrier. Sharing our frustration and upset with someone else may seem a way of getting rid of it. I doubt, however, that anyone leaves the situation happier than when they started.
Life hits us, comes at us, so to speak, with a variety of challenges. Some of these teach us a lesson in a way that we enjoy. People pass on the good lessons and might say, one good deed deserves another. The bad lessons are also passed on, but not always in a good way. The less pleasant parts of our day get passed on in the form of frustration, anger and upset.
While the positive 'playing it forward', gives something good to others; the negative version inflicts itself on those who care enough about us to listen to the tirade we feel compelled to express.
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