A message from...
Cindy McAsey- Mom w/family and a farm full of animals ~ chasing em til I am 90

 Focus of Happy People

Do you think happy people are blind to reality? Or, do you think they see things that the rest of us miss?

I think the answer may be a little of both, but I also think in the end, people are happy because they make up their minds to be. Let me explain what I mean.

Most happy people aren't blind to the pain in the world, but because they have chosen to be happy, they don't focus their attention on it. They don't let the cruelty and injustices that are undeniably present in the world rob them of the pleasures and beauty that are also undeniably there.

And, it's entirely possible that happy people can see things that others don't, because their power of paying attention is enormous. Your attention, when you really focus it, is a lot like a searchlight. When you focus on beauty, you're simply going to see more beauty than other people do.

The same thing happens when you focus on a problem: you see it everywhere you look, even though people around you may have to have it pointed out to them. The challenge is using that laser-like focus to find solutions.

Today I did an experiment on Twitter, I was hosting a nutritional focused web conference and wanted to get the word out on twitter. I decided to track the keywords "sick kids" and "not feeling well." I didn't realize there are so many folks in this world sick and not feeling well!  After 15 minutes of tracking and communicating  I had to take my focus on something else before it drove me nuts.

I've decided I must start searching for some more positive focused folks rather than folks who don't have anything better to post on twitter but to complain.

Where is your attention focused lately? Do you see mostly problems, or solutions? Are you surrounded by people you enjoy and appreciate or are you surrounded by people who give you nothing but trouble? Does life send you never ending pleasures or a litany of pain?

Where is your focus?