Quit complaining because life isn't as nice as you want it. Look at what you have left, never at what you've lost. Quit remembering all of those negative, haunting memories. This past week , i called on a dear friend of mine. She broke her hip, she said to me from her chair. "I was unconscious for three days, they thought i wouldn't live, but i did" Then she looked at me and said "How do you stay happy all the time ?" I answer her "Well for one thing i decided long time ago to throw out all of the excess baggage of my mind. By that i mean the baggage of bad memories, throw it out" She ask me "How do you do that?" Before i answer her, i looked at a picture of her deceased husband, hanging on the wall. I also noticed the picture of her son in uniform, killed in World War. Now here she was, unable to walk. She repeated her question. "How do you rid them from your life ?" I said " Can you stand ?" She said "Oh i think so" I stretched out my hands, she took the blanket off her knees, and took hold of my hands. I ask her "what do you see ?" She said "I see the ocean" Did you know that your mind can throw a bad thought a lot farther than your arm has ever thrown a stone ? Any time an unpleasant memory or any unpleasant feeling or a negative thought comer into your brain, I want you to stand, if not physically, at least mentally. with your mind, throw that thought through the window. With your mind, throw that thought through the glass until it sinks deep into the ocean. Then read this lines "I SHUT THE DOOR ON YESTERDAY AND THREW THE KEY AWAY. TOMMOROW HAS NO FEARS FOR ME SINCE I HAVE FOUND TODAY"
