Flip The Happy Switch

Having an attitude of gratitude in life is within our power to choose. Joy and the resulting happiness are feelings but can easily be converted into a way of life as well leading to this:

All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast! Prov 15:15

I remember an ex-wife that often said to me "I hate it when you wake up in a good mood". Her rationale was no one faces life with that kind of outlook while mine was that everybody should. Reality is often cruel but if one starts from a place of optimism, gratitude and hope, it makes for a softer landing in the most difficult of times.

Attitude is a choice, it's the one thing we can control. An attitude of gratitude shifts our mindset off what our present circumstances are into what blessings we have already received. We face it we just face it knowing we will get through. Gratitude creates solutions, it removes the complaining and begins the gaining. Here's what the Apostle Paul wrote from prison:

I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength. Philippians 4:12-13

Gratitude and a life filled with joy is contagious to those around you. Of course, so is negativity. It's your God given, bought and paid for Happy Switch, will you flip it on?