Some people never seem to let anything get them down! No matter what happens, they always seem calm and pleasant. These people may have the same problems as the saddest person, but they tend to handle their problems with a different attitude.
Optimistic individuals are not happy because they have always been able to avoid problems. They just understand they cannot control everything and everybody, and that the only thing they have a chance to control is their own reactions.
Everything cannot be held under control. This is true. But the one thing that we do have control over is our reaction to negative situations. In fact, a happy person has probably realized that this is the only thing they really have under control.
Look at the way different families react to a terrible loss. You have probably watched TV and seen people who have had their houses destroyed in a sudden flood.
The first group is crying and lamenting their awful loss. There is no doubt that this is very upsetting, and it would be natural for anybody to be upset at this news. They may have lost a lifetime of valuable things. Maybe some things, like pictures, cannot be replaced at all.
A second family had to endure the same loss. Even though they are sad, they are actually smiling because everybody in the family is safe and comfortable now. They know the situation is not ideal, but they are already thinking about how they can improve their situation in the future.
Anybody would be very upset if he or she lost a home or had some other big problem. But people really can do themself a favor by trying to develop an attitude by thinking about what is going right with their lives, and also by figuring out what they can do to make tomorrow better!
Optimistic individuals are not happy because they have always been able to avoid problems. They just understand they cannot control everything and everybody, and that the only thing they have a chance to control is their own reactions.
Everything cannot be held under control. This is true. But the one thing that we do have control over is our reaction to negative situations. In fact, a happy person has probably realized that this is the only thing they really have under control.
Look at the way different families react to a terrible loss. You have probably watched TV and seen people who have had their houses destroyed in a sudden flood.
The first group is crying and lamenting their awful loss. There is no doubt that this is very upsetting, and it would be natural for anybody to be upset at this news. They may have lost a lifetime of valuable things. Maybe some things, like pictures, cannot be replaced at all.
A second family had to endure the same loss. Even though they are sad, they are actually smiling because everybody in the family is safe and comfortable now. They know the situation is not ideal, but they are already thinking about how they can improve their situation in the future.
Anybody would be very upset if he or she lost a home or had some other big problem. But people really can do themself a favor by trying to develop an attitude by thinking about what is going right with their lives, and also by figuring out what they can do to make tomorrow better!
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