Outlook on Life

It's your outlook on life that will determine the level of your happiness.  You always have a choice.

You can choose to be happy, or not.
You can choose to be content, or not.
You can choose to be better, or not.

It is your outlook on life that will set you apart from your worse version of yourself. In every situation, always choose to be happy. Always choose the best out of it. The silver lining. Always look on the bright side of life.

In life, there are two things: things that we can control and things we can't control.

Things that we can control are within our inner self: our courage, our determination, our self-control when facing an uncontrollable situation, our choices.

Things that we cannot control are outside factors that we don't have any influence of the outcome, no matter how hard we try. The weather, what other people do, think, and feel, and natural disasters are some example of it.

So why we get stress in a situation that we can't control?

We need to accept it, embrace it, and move forward. The sooner we let go on things that we need to let go, the better our life will be. It is our perception on life that will either set us free, or burden us day by day.

There are situations that will force us to make difficult decision. It will require our full focus and effort to be able to say no and keep firm with the commitment we had. It's our struggle in life that will make us grow to be a better person. Nobody say it was easy. If it was easy, everyone would already done it.

2 people viewing the rain outside of the building.
A: Ah too bad it's raining. I hate rain! I miss the sunshine. It's a bad day.
B: Rain is so wonderful. It makes me so peaceful. I love to hear the sound of the raindrop. I love the smell of  the fresh air from the rain! It's a good day!

2 people sitting on the park bench in a bright sunny day.
A: Why the sun is so hot? Now I need to put my sunglasses and can't see too well. I miss the rain.
B: What a lovely day! Sun is bright and make my feeling alright!

2 people working overtime in a busy store during the holiday season.
A: Why I need to work overtime? How come Suzy got send home early? How come Jack have a day off today? I want to be with my family. I don't want to work longer than I should. I hate working overtime! It takes time away from doing everything I want to do.
B: Overtime? Yeah!!! Extra money in my wallet! Now I can finally buy that new iPhone that I've been wanting for the last 5 years! Or maybe I can just treat my family to the new restaurant that just open across the street! I'm so glad they pick me for overtime!

2 people get layoff.
A: Oh no! How can I pay my mortgage? How my family will eat?
B: Yay for severance package!

2 people eating bad food from a questionable food cart.
A: This is a waste of money. So regret of buying this food. Why did I do this?
B: Good lesson. Now I know to not come here anymore.

Basically, you can determine your own attitude. When life gave you bad hand to deal, are you going to succumb to a pity party, keep complaining, and draining everyone's energy with your unending sad story, or........ are you going to learn a lesson, strategize your way out, and see the positive things from it?

Positive thinking is a habit. Good news is, habit can be developed. The more you train yourself to have a positive outlook on life, the easier it will be. Eventually, it's an automatic thing to think positive.

It's your outlook on life. It's your perception on life that will make you better, or worse. Your choice.