Where does your outlook on life really come from?

If we are lucky, each and everyday we wake up!  (hopefully you have gone to sleep at some point as well, this much I am going to assume).

We each swing our feet over the side of our sleeping apparatus (bed, futon, couch, whatever) and start a new day in this world.

But what is your attitude going to be like today and really, where does that come from?  I believe you really do choose your attitude!  I know that is an old and possibly corny statement but I really believe it.  Everyone, and I mean everyone, has stuff going on in their lives.  Whether you are a parent and you are juggling a thousand balls in the air at once, you might be having relationship or family issues, you might just not feel well that particular day.    Each and every person starts that day and chooses to deal with it in a certain way.

Through the avenue of Facebook, people's statuses have become sound bites of how people either want to appear or how they are and then they show that to the world.  I never really considered the concept of this very much and was a huge status updater for a very long time but have really curbed that now and am much happier because of it for some reason.  There needs to be some mystery in life I guess.

But back to our attitudes and why people choose different ones.  I know for me personally, I try to start each day with a positive outlook, it isn't always a choice, it just is the way I feel.  Sometimes throughout the day things happen that may not be as positive and may effect that but I try to make my initial perspective a positive one.  I don't have any major issues in my life right now and I am sure that helps but I still choose my attitude.  I truly feel as well that the right foods and exercise play a huge role in my mental state and my mood.  I want to be happy, I want to see the good around me.  I am not this way 100% but I try, I really do (even if I don't always succeed!).

What makes other people choose the opposite a lot of the time?  There are so many different reasons and I can't even or don't want to speculate, it could be so many things.  I guess in saying all this I wish for people who are perpetually negative or feel when they wake up that is just going to be another tough or crappy day, well what if you thought a different way?  What if you thought, yes today is going to be tough, I am going to face this kind of challenge, I am going to face it all head on and try to make the most of it.  I literally just saw a commercial with a man who is running a marathon on prosthetic legs...what if he woke up and thought, I don't even have legs, what do I have left to live for?  He has obviously made a choice to make the most of his short time here on earth.  Life could be so much more difficult even though some days you couldn't imagine it to be worse.

I don't know, I just feel that our time here on earth is so short and we really should try to make the most of it.

Again, none of this applies to every single day in life because that isn't realistic but facing each day head on should be a priority!

I would wish that for everyone!

On a lighter note...two yummy things I have found!
Blue menu muffin mix...pineapple, carrot and bran....12 large muffins, 3 points a muffin, very high in fibre!

Also, Skinny Cow Cookies and Cream ice cream sandwiches, 4 points and SO WORTH IT!!!

Thanks for stopping by and here's to wishing you a fantastic tomorrow!!

Until next time...xx