Look For the Good!!

Can a smile really go a whole mile?  Do silver linings really exist amidst the dark clouds?  Is it true it is darkest before the dawn?  Is it indeed possible to squeeze sweet lemonade from sour lemons?
With the world and all it’s seeming opposition, it is easy to focus on the bad rather than the good.  It sometimes seems we need to search for the good rather than it find us.  Rather than focus on the bad, why not search for the good?  For something that seems so simple, we sure make it hard.  How do we do it?  What can we do to find good in a seemingly not-so-good world?  Well, let me suggest some solutions to this world wide problem.
Perspective.  Perspective influences attitude.  Look at the big picture.  When the canvas is stained with a wrong stoke, take that mistake and mold it into a masterpiece.  Take that harsh bit of criticism and use it to make you better.  Take a boring story and add imagination to make it colorful and exciting.  Look at the beauty of a burn, and think back on the light and warmth that came from the fire.  Your perspective on life changes everything.
Determination.  Be determined to find the good.  I recently found a quote that says, “There’s nothing as inspiring as seeing the world through the eyes of someone who is determined to see good.”  The trick to finding good in a world that may seem all bad, is deciding now, and have that determination to look for it rather than have it find you.  After searching for good things for sometime, I, myself, have come to a conclusion that there is, in fact, good in all things.  Look for good in music, books, society, politics, criticism, trials.  Look for the good, search for a reason to smile, and you will find it.  I give you my good word.  :D