Today's thought from Hazelden is:

Nothing is good or bad but thinking makes it so.
--Shakespeare

Look for the Good

Life is an interpretive experience. What happens is less important than how we respond to our circumstances. An intense stimulus that some people report as pain others report as pleasure. It is we who decide what the interpretation will be.

Are you a "good finder"? A recent study of the country's millionaires showed that the most common trait they all shared was the ability to discover good in any situation. This trait is also common in "triumphant survivors" - those individuals who overcome adversity and emerge strengthened and renewed.

A sincere spiritual seeker suffering from a chronic illness wondered, "Why haven't my prayers been answered?" One day, in deep meditation the reply came: "Look for the good in your situation and you will see that the answer has already been provided." Suddenly this woman realized that her crisis provided a wonderful opportunity. She embarked on a program of nutrition, exercise, and yoga, which led to a dramatic improvement in the quality of her life.

Abraham Lincoln once said, "Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." Your state of mind is up to you. Choose now to look for the good.
From: Listening to Your Inner Voice by Douglas Bloch


Why Don't You and I

As sung by Nickelback

Since the moment I spotted you
I'd walk around with little wings on my shoes
My stomach's filled with the butterflies, and it's alright
Bouncin' round from cloud to cloud
I got the feeling like I'm never gonna come down
If I said I didn't like it then you'd know I lie

Every time I try to talk to you
I get tongue tied
Turns out everything I say to you
Comes out wrong, and never comes out right

So I'll say why don't you and I get together
Take on the world and be together forever
Heads we will and tails we'll try again
And I'll say why don't you and I hold each other
Fly to the moon and straight onto heaven
Cause without you they're never gonna let me in

When's this Fever gonna break?
I think I've handled more than any man can take
I'm like a lovesick puppy chasing you around, and it's alright
Bouncin' round from cloud to cloud
I got the feeling like I'm never gonna come down
If I said I didn't like it then you'd know I lie

Every time I try to talk to you
I get tongue tied
Turns out everything I say to you
Comes out wrong and never comes out right

So I'll say why don't you and I get together
Take on the world and be together forever
Heads we will and tails we'll try again
And I'll say why don't you and I Get Together
Fly to the moon and straight onto heaven
Cause without you they're never gonna let me in

And slowly I begin to realize this is never gonna end
And right about the same time you walk by and I say
Oh here we go again.. oh
Every time I try to talk to you
I get tongue tied
Turns out everything I say to you
Comes out wrong and never comes out right

So I'll say why don't you and I get together
Take on the world and be together forever
Heads we will and tails we'll try again
And I'll say why don't you and I Get Together
Fly to the moon and straight onto heaven
Cause without you they're never gonna let me in