Change your Thoughts, Change your Life!

I saw a billboard yesterday that really caught my attention and got me thinking. It said

RECESSION 101

It's a test, not a final.

I like that. What I find really juicy is that someone is paying a LOT of money to anonymously post this message of goodwill on a board in the Minneapolis/St Paul area. One of my teachers, Dr Richard Bartlett said "Recession = Recess is in!" I don't believe that either comment is meant to disparage those who may be experiencing economic distress or setback because of losing a job or the like, but rather to illuminate a different way of looking at things.

It's an old cliche that you get what you look for. If everywhere you see doom and gloom and proof that life as we know it has gone to hell in a handbasket and isn't it unfair! that is exactly what you are going to find, create and experience in your life. On the other hand, looking for the blessings, the magic, the abundance in whatever you interact with will have you focused on the positive and finding more goodness on every corner.

I know, because I've lived both ways- with a poor me, I am so broke and a victim outlook and a miracle mindset, and I must say, not only is the expectation of goodness a lot less stressful but it is a lot more fun. My life conforms daily to how I am feeling and isn't that wonderful? I am in power, not the media, not the economic forecasters or the banks. Life is as good as I decide it is.

With that thought dear reader, I bid you a succulent and abundance life!