Perspective

I lose focus so easily, I am easily thrown off by the circumstances around me. It's quite silly how quickly I can get thrown off…when my focus is off life feels like it is completely out of control. It’s when I am in my head, when I am focusing on all of the negative around me, when I am looking at all of the things that everyone else seems to have that I don’t. Perspective is a game changer. When I change my perspective my entire attitude changes, I even think it has a physical effect on my body.

When I choose, because it is a choice, to focus on the negative or the things that aren’t going the way I expect them to then my entire outlook is negative. I have less motivation, less joy, less excitement for all of the things that are going well and just an overall bad attitude… to be real honest I immediately jump right into the poor pitiful me boat and sometimes I am there for quite a bit. And you know what’s crazy, that bad attitude doesn’t just affect the negative situation it affects every aspect of my life from my relationships to my thoughts.

So what are you focusing on? Are you constantly focusing on all of the negative, the things that aren’t going the way you want them to, all the worries you have about life?  Or, are you focusing on the things that are going well? Personally, when I don’t have my gaze fixed on Jesus everything gets all out of whack, I over analyze, I try to figure everything out, I try to fix everything and am overly focused on my problems. Which normally ends in me being very uneasy and discontent with pretty much every area of my life. Sometimes we just need to make the choice to change our focus, the situation or circumstances aren’t always going to change but we can change the way we view them. It’s a choice and I don’t always make the right choice but I am a work in progress and I know my day is a whole lot better when I take time to refocus. As I tell myself often “stop, take a deep breath, you are okay… just chill out and make the choice to change your focus”!