Excerpt from the book, The Maker by John Maxwell:

The happiest people in life don’t necessarily have the best of everything.  They just try to make the best of everything.  They are like the person in a remote village going to a well who says, “every time I come to this well, I come away with my bucket full!” instead of, “I can’t believe I have to keep coming back to this well to fill up my bucket.”

A person’s attitude has a profound influence on his approach to his life.  Ask a coach before a big game whether his attitude and that of his players will make a difference in the outcome of the game.

Ask a surgeon if a patient’s attitude matters when she’s trying to save that life in an emergency room.  Ask a teacher if students’ attitudes have an impact before they take a test.

One of the things I’ve learned is that life often gives you whatever you expect from it.  If you expect bad things, those are what you get.  If you expect good things, you often receive them.  I don’t know why it works that way, but it does. 

If you don’t believe, try it out.  Give yourself thirty days in which you expect everything.  The best parking place, the best table in a restaurant, the best interaction with customers, the best treatment from service people.  You will be surprised by what you can encounter, especially if you give your best to others in every situation as well.

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Situations can sometimes be unfair –that’s why people often tune to the cliché, “Life is unfair.”  We never know what cards we will be dealt.  Circumstances in my life may not always been the finest but I believe that when you always see the good in life and in people, life can be fair.  There will be no room for worry, hatred, hurt, envy and jealousy.  If you expect people to treat you unfairly, then that’s all you will allow yourself to see.  If you think you will lose, then you probably already have.  If you think you will win, then that in itself is already a victory.

Fill your heart with love and your mind positive things… in one form or another, you will definitely receive them back.

Love and best,

Jane

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