In any moment, there are a lot of examples to prove that live is a bed of thorns or the bed of roses. How you feel upon your life depend on where you place your attention. In other words, what it means are what are the things that you are focusing on.

Did you ever noticed every time when you are given a rose, the stem is always full of thorns. Will you actually ask the giver why the rose is full of thorn? You will definitely not ask this question. Even if you are pricked by the thorns because of over enthusiasm, you will not mind it too. You will be too engrossed in appreciating the rose and the person who gave it to you. You will feel happy and generally there will be good feelings in your mind and heart.

You can be facing a bad situation now which makes it very difficult for you to focus on the positive. You are feeling very bad and helpless. Now you tried to look at the same environment with a positive attitude of gratitude and appreciation.

Look around the same area that you have scanned and find the good. You might be grateful that you have ample food and water, a good education, parent’s love etc. You will be able to notice that you will feel better when you are focusing the positive things in your surrounding.

This process of focusing on the positive to produce more positive feeling actually works on all aspects of your life. If you are willing to focus on the positive, you will soon have a very good habit of always having a positive attitude towards any situation.

Zack Lim
http://self-improvement.atspace.com