I have recently stumbled across a website promoting the idea of eating non-processed, organic, whole foods. After I found the website, then I realized two people in my life were doing the same thing, and then a stranger came by the church who teaches this way of eating. I noticed my drive to my child's school passed right by a Trader Joe's where I could purchase many of these items. More and more I was looking for people and places that promoted this idea. Lo and behold, I found them.
Has that ever happened to you? Have you gotten involved in a new hobby, a new way of life, a new stage of life, or just in a certain mood, and suddenly you are stumbling upon people and situations that resonate with that mood or new chapter in your life? It's not a coincidence. We find what we are looking for.
If you look for reasons to be upset, dissatisfied, frustrated, disgruntled, you'll probably find it. If you look for the good, the beautiful, the miraculous, the loving, you'll probably find that too. There is so much in this world and the people we meet, that our minds have to find a way to filter some of it out. So it filters out what you're not looking for. But what we look for can also be an intentional choice we make when we wake up in the morning. Choosing to start the day with a positive attitude can make all the difference in your day.
So when you wake up tomorrow morning, will you choose to look for the half full part of the glass...or the half empty part?
