If you don’t put your foot down right now and decide to be happy and thankful, their will always be something to keep you from it. Don’t waste another moment waiting for your circumstances to change. The quality of your life will not depend on your circumstances, but will depend on your choices in your attitude. It will not chase you down in the middle of a crises, it won’t tackle you like a football player in the middle of what seams to be unchangeable events. You have to take charge and say to yourself “That happiness and thankfulness will be mine right now!”

Sometimes circumstances NEVER change. You may never get that bigger house, new car, job promotion, another child, bigger work shop, designer clothing, Rolex wrist watch, or that dream helicopter, but that doesn’t mean you have to give into bitterness, sadness or discouragement. I learned a long time ago if I start to feel life is beating the heck out of me, it’s my time to think about the good things in my life and start that attitude change that begins with my thought process.

Some have asked how I keep going, facing all the things I do? I tell them because I choose to keep the right attitude. I choose to keep pressing forward towards my goals. I choose to ignore the negative thinking patterns that promise defeat. I choose to say I can when everything is saying I can’t. I choose to be happy and thankful.

Will you make the choice to be happy and thankful in the face of great opposition? It’s when you make the choice to be thankful and happy that you will begin to see things change around you? You will start to see the goals you once had rise up within you fresh and new and the self determined drive to meet that goal will chase you down and tackle you like that football player I mentioned earlier. It all starts right here and right now by making the choice to be happy and thankful in the face of every negative circumstance. If your waiting for everything to be peachy and golden before you decide to be happy and thankful, then you will be sadly disappointed. Being happy and thankful isn’t based on material possessions, but it’s based on your attitude during the worst of times or the very best of times. Make the choice today and form the right habits now that will carry you through a lifetime of joy.

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