Positive Attitude

I've come to realize that there are many things in life that you just can't control.  Life throws us on curves, bumps, and climbs each day.  All these events are unwanted, and many times we (I) let them get us (me) down.

Things like:
1. Terminal brain cancer to a friend of mine.  She has a high school daughter who has to face loosing her mom someday unless there is a miracle. 
2. Terminal spinal tumors that are full of cancer.  Radiation will allow for extended life, but no treatments can cure.  Again, only a miracle.
3. Stillborn babies/Not being able to be pregnant when you desire more than anything to have a child.  Not to mention you'd make/you are an amazing mommy! 
4. Child molestation that robs someone of their entire childhood.  Of peace.  Of relationships.  Of life.
5. Depression rooted so deep that you struggle to see the impact you make in those around you.
6. Negative work environments.

The list could go on and on.  These are just a few things that have been brought to my attention in the last few months. 

Here's the deal.  Here is what God has been speaking to me...loudly.  We can't always control our situations.  We can't always determine the way life will go.  What we can do...we can choose to face our life with a positive attitude and spirit.  We can choose not to allow Satan to take hold.  We can choose to breath life affirming words rather then life stealing words. 

We have a choice.  A choice that I struggle to make correctly.  A choice that I need to work on every. single. day.  A choice to be positive.  A choice to live out each day the best that I can.  The choice to make a difference, even if just for a second. 

I had a high school teacher who would do announcements every morning of my high school career.  At the end of every session he would say, "Make it a great day or not, the choice is yours."  

This teacher passed away a few years ago, but his message will live with me forever.  Every single day I have to live by his words.  "Make it a great day or not, the choice is yours."  So, what do you choose?  I choose to live.  I choose to be more positive.  I choose to look at things differently than I have in the past.  Bottom line, I need change in my life, and that change begins today!