Every opportunity we are presented with does not always appear as something good. The phrase there is ALWAYS something to be thankful for is really true! Even in the worst circumstance one can possibly imagine, there is always opportunity to grow and something to be thankful for!

I am not going to lie and tell you it will always be easy to see the opportunities. My favorite example of the best opportunity I have ever had was the absolute worst time in my life as a human. When your life throws you sideways, it is a chance to listen. Many remain stuck in victim mode. I ask you, what good does that serve? Last time I checked, being a victim only perpetuated heartache and grief.

Thoughts are the only thing in life we have absolute control over. The most successful people in the world from Einstein to Ford, learned early on to control their thoughts and to ALWAYS embrace adversity. Imagine if Ford would have given up at his first attempt to make a combustible engine? He continually said there would be a combustible engine, even though his engineers said it was impossible, he continually said, keep working. The only limitation to anything, is in our own minds.

You are who you are because of your mental attitude and the thoughts you have. I believe, one door closes and two or three more open. You must pay attention as to which one to open. When I am conflicted on the next direction, I simply ask out loud:

Where would you have me go?

What would you have me do?

What would you have me say and to whom?

AND FOR HEAVEN SAKE………………….LISTEN! The answer always appears. Someone may say something to you randomly, you may hear a song with the answer in the words, you may read something. There are no accidents and everything in our lives, we have called to us! Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, no matter how big or how small, is what you can create!

So can we agree right now, how imperative it is to control your mental attitude. I am always fabulous, regardless of what is going on in my life or around me. Now mind you, if a dear friend or my sons ask me how I am, I may answer, I don’t like that question right now, can you please ask me something different? Only because I do not want to give power to what I may be feeling or allowing it to control my thoughts. I feel when things are vocalized we are giving it power. That is a hard no for me unless it is in the right direction I am headed. It is like buying ice cream when it is 100 degrees outside and taking an hour to return home. That ice cream will no longer be ice cream it will be spoiled milk.

The next time you have a flat tire, or your car won’t start, or your internet goes down, that is not misfortune or defeat, but yet a chance to ask what is the opportunity for me?~Shirene