Ponderings

I've been thinking about life. Not necessarily the "miracle of life," but the way we/I live it. I've been noticing some things lately. It seems to be easier to be negative than it is to be positive. This is both in outlook or worldview & in the words people speak. It seems easier to point out what's wrong with the world & what's wrong in the world, than to see what's good or what's right. It also seems that there will never be a shortage of things to complain about...people...circumstances...situations...or fill in your own favorite.

There's nothing like attitudes of negativity & criticalness (possibly my own word) to get our focus off where it should be. These attitudes are selfish, they're about us...or me. What pushes this? Why is it so common, so normal? BItterness, unforgiveness, loss of hope, emotional pain, physical/emotional trauma, "real" life experience? Sin? Probably.

Like with most things, I have to...or get to choose what will be true of me. How will I look at people, circumstances, & situations? Am I going to be critical? Negative? Am I going to complain & think of little more than me, me, me? I can tell myself that this is normal & this is just how people are. I could, but I'd be selling myself a load of you know what.

I'm pretty sure it says somewhere, in some book I once read, that I should be a person who loves, who hopes, & who sees people, situations, & circumstances in a different way. It's a much better way to live. It's preferred. God help me to live it & not settle for less.