Appreciation for a Positive Attitude

I am so appreciative that I have learned how to control my thoughts and choose what I wish to focus on. I see people all around me who constantly complain about everything in their lives. They complain about not having enough money. They complain about heavy traffic. They complain about other people. Complain about their jobs. Complain about physical ailments and illnesses and aches and pains. They complain about . . . everything!

I understand this complaining attitude because I used to have one too.

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The desire to complain is, of course, an attempt to change the things that are making us unhappy, but by focusing on these annoyances all we do is keep attracting more and more things to complain about!

Personally, I love the freedom and empowerment that come from deliberately turning my attention away from things that make me feel bad. I LOVE being able to say to myself, “I choose to stop focusing on this thing that annoys me, and instead I’m going to focus on this subject because it makes me feel happy.”

I LOVE knowing how to distract myself from frustration and spend time doing things that inspire me.

I LOVE having the self-awareness to notice right away when I start feeling not so good, and I LOVE having the determination to take steps to improve my mood and mindset before it deteriorates too far into the negative.

I LOVE all of the tools I have available to me to help boost my mood – my books of positive quotes, my books on the Law of Attraction, my websites, other people’s inspiring websites, my music files, my MP3 player – there are so many options available to me when I need a little pick-me-up, and I so much appreciate every one of them.

And now, I choose to stop focusing on other people’s complaints and instead focus on happy people. I choose to think about people I know or have known who are optimistic and joyful. I choose to focus on my kitties, who are always ready to purr and snuggle and be happy when I reach out to them.

I choose to focus on inspiring people with my words, so perhaps I can distract them from any temptation to complain they may have been feeling initially.

I appreciate appreciation!