Love Month – Day 28

I love the future.

Kind of a weird thing to think about, and certainly not something some would say these days.

I believe I was a born worrier. I spent many years of my life with knots in my stomach, anticipating bad things were going to happen.

I didn’t hold a lot of confidence in my abilities or in other people. I felt as though doom was impending.

You know what? I spent so much time worrying about things that never happened. I realized that whether I am able to do something or not, I can move through disappointments much more if I have a good attitude. I learned most people want you to do well, and those that don’t are missing such pleasure in their lives. It’s fun to cheer people on and want them to do well – and hoping people fail is icky.

I am most often pleasantly surprised with the joys of a new day. I’m certainly not immune from hard times and bad days, but life is so often good.

There were times that disasters have occurred, I got through them. There were times I didn’t get my way. I got through those times, too. I can almost guarantee these things will happen again many other times. I’ll deal with them as they come.

I believe much of life is what we determine it will be. I plan to have high expectations of beauty and joy.

Invest in those things you love. I’m investing in the future.

“Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today arm you against the present.” – Marcus Aurelius