Life Is As Good As I Allow It To Be

Each day we have the opportunity to start a new adventure in life. We can decide if we are going to have a good day or a bad day, it is our choice.

I have a grand daughter that has a life threatening disease that may shorten her life. But, to look at her, she is too happy to even consider this. Granted, she is only 5 years old and does not understand her condition. But that is the way we should all live our lives. To enjoy it to the fullest.

Wayne Dyer states that we should not plan more than six months down the road. Anything more is just being presumptuous. Not to be a pessimist but, why do we think we will be around more than that.

Looking way down the road does not allow us to enjoy the beauty of the day. We begin making plans that may or may not come to pass while missing out on what is going on right now.

How many people on their death bed do you think say “I wish I had spent more time planning my life out”? Most people, when they come to the end of their time on Earth are sad that they did not do more, experience more, play more, love more. You get the picture. They would like to have experienced more of life rather than staying in their heads making their plans.

Last night, I watched that little girl playing with her big sister. They ran and climbed and laughed and slid down the slide till they were almost exhausted. Their goal was to enjoy the playground to the fullest.

What is it about humans that as we grow older we forget what it is to enjoy playing? We cannot remember what it is to run and laugh and have fun. We are too busy trying to make a living instead of “smelling the roses”.

Each of us have the opportunity each day to enjoy life. No, I think that it is a responsibility to enjoy life. There is way too much emphasis on how bad the world is that we overlook how good it is.

I would suggest that you stop watching the “10 O’clock news” just before going to bed. Stop putting all the sad and depressing images into your head just before trying to go to sleep. It just stands to reason that the last thing you put into your mind at night will take up part of your thoughts during the night.

Could it be that watching the news just before going to sleep might contribute to not being able to get a good nights sleep?

Start taking advice from the children at play. They will run and jump and play as long as allowed. And, if they fall down and skin a knee, they will be right back at it in a few minutes. But “adults” would be looking for a lawyer to sue the person that owned the playground.

If you allow yourself, you can have a fantastic life just by changing your outlook. Change what you look at and what you look for.

If you look for things to get better, they will. That is because you begin to notice the things you are looking for as they become more important.

Your life truely can can be as good as you allow it to be!