Bad Circumstances but Good Choices

What a good day in New York. It's overcast, cold, and rainy outside. I literally laid in bed for an hour just listening to the rain hitting the window and the street traffic driving over the wet pavement. It's been a slightly busy but good week. The weekly goal is to work out five times. Today will make day four. I also have been working at a better pace to finish my client report so that by next week I can work on final version and presentation. The feedback from my advisor was very positive. He said my work is very well done, thorough, professional and well written. Having the first draft done and the feedback takes a lot of the anxiety off of graduation. It certainly has been a challenging road. As for the other two classes, there is the white paper and yet another presentation. The goal is to knock them out of the park as well.

I keep thinking about Oprah's broadcast yesterday. In fact I watched it three times. At 4pm (but I missed the last half hour), at 7pm, and again at 1am. It was a show about Happiness. On the test put out by Dr. Holden, out of a high score of 35, I placed at 22. It got me thinking about what I need to do further to score higher on the happiness test. What I did take out of the show was a concept that I have been practicing for several years now. That concept is perspective. How you view the world determines how you will live in it. I choose to be an optimist and live by the laws of attraction. I didn't always do this but I learned how to do so. I related to one of the guests who had what Holden said were "bad circumstances but good choices." I think that is so me. I have made some damn good choices in my life even though the circumstances surrounding them were bad. I knew I needed to live on my own despite not having the emotional or financial support and I succeeded at accomplishing that goal. It was a good choice despite having to live college-style. I knew I needed to pursue this advanced degree despite again, not having the financial resources or support from my employer, and I yet again succeeded at accomplishing this goal. It was a good choice despite being fired. I totally fell in love with a man I hardly knew years ago and still don't and won't know and I basically put my heart out there. He rejected me. I succeeded in the fact that I was honest to myself and to him. It was a good choice despite having my heart broken. Yes, I have had bad circumstances but I have made good choices along the way. The choices came from within...from my heart. At the Landmark Forum I attended last September, the trainer gave said several phrases that really made me think about my life. One thing that stood out was that, "Life is meaningless and it's meaningless that it's meaningless" Yesterday's program made me think about that sentence. Life comes from within and we project it out to the world. Another guest spoke on the concept of success. He said, "Focus on significance rather than success. In doing so success will come." So true. I will attract a mate, I will attract more good friends in my life, and I will attract even more happiness...because that is what I am choosing to put out into the universe. I love that we all have a different perceptions and perspectives in life.