Don't let negativity steal another second

There is a lot of negativity in this world, if you look for it. There are people doing things to others that is absolutely unnatural, immoral, unacceptable. There are people saying things about others that they should be ashamed of but, of course, they're not. There is all the unrest and skirmishes and turmoil throughout our country and our world. There is a lot of negativity.

It's hard to get away from negativity. Once it embeds itself in our mind, it takes over. Once negativity camps out in our thoughts, all we see are negative things. Once negativity takes root, it rules us. If all we focus on is the negative, all we will see are the negatives.

Today's word is just a thought about overcoming negativity: "A negative mind will NEVER give you a positive life."

There is a lot of negativity in our world but I choose to focus on the positives. I am older, which means I have survived a lot of things that others have not. I have some aches and pains, which means that I have lived a life filled with activity and adventure. I don't have a lot of money, but I am the richest man you will ever find - I have a wife who loves me and two children that GOD has blessed us with that teach me more and more every day about what truly matters. And, as you've heard me say before, "All this and Heaven too."

What are you focusing on? If your entire focus is looking at all the bad and wondering how much worse it could possibly get, you may just find out how much worse it could get. Why not take the time to look at the positives today? Why not look around and see all the great things that GOD has done for us? The beauty of another day. The love of others. The smile of a spouse. The laughter of a child. Don't let negativity steal another second.

Be Blessed,
Mickey T