I am always amazed at the willingness of people to abandon their optimism based on what others tell them is or isn’t happening in our world. That is certainly not denying the existence of real pain in our world – it’s in our faces every day now. The economy is failing, jobs are being lost at record-breaking levels and with a speed we have not seen before, homes are in foreclosure, and people are losing hope.
But I am also wondering what the truth is about us… Who are we, and what are we capable of in these most trying times? This is not the first time our country has struggled with difficult times. We, as a nation, have always dug deep and pulled together to regroup, rebuild, and overcome.
How resourceful are you when you give up hope? I’m curious about how optimism, or the lack thereof, impacts the lives and decisions of the people we know – and us. The art of optimism is not to be discounted. Art, you say? Absolutely. It’s about designing your life in a way that brings you closer to your best. It’s about being aware of your thoughts and not giving up your power to choose.
What will you do today to raise your level of awareness of how you are choosing to react to the world around you? It’s true that the only meaning any event has is that which you assign to it. That gives you all the power to choose, to decide how you will show up and how your world will look. It doesn’t discount or ignore that things are not as good as they can be. What it does is gives you a more resourceful place to plan from. The key is the choices that you make; those you make today and every day.
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