ACCENTUATE The POSITIVE!

     It has come to my attention, over time, that, the expression of positive and uplifting communication goes 'only so far' with, some, people; this, faction of, otherwise, fine-folk, who, it seems, prefer, ALWAYS, to share the negative and 'not so nice' 'stuff' about their lives, rather, than to find the courage to be upbeat and cheerful, when holding discourse about their personal, life-experience(s). Insofar, as I know, anyone of us, as we, ALL, realize, 'ups and downs' in our lives, could, certainly, wax, less than 'poetic', due to the difficulties life shows us; yet, to my mind, this, type 'grousing' and, 'complaining', goes only so far; for, when it is the misfortune and unfortunate episodes, which, are, chronically-communicated, by an individual, it does, after a point, sound like 'unhappiness' and, 'dissatisfaction' permeate this, party's 'world'. I am, typically, willing to 'lend an ear' to a friend or family-member, and, I attempt 'listening with love'; however, there does, indeed, come a moment, whereby, I, must, gently, offer some alternative-approach, and, try turning the conversation in another, less, dismal-direction. Personally, I feel, that, it is due to a lack of a fundamental, faith-filled, spiritual-based philosophy of life, which, tends to have some, persons, wane away from 'optimism', they, who seem to dwell in the 'doom and despair' doldrums, because they feel, that, life is 'unfair' or, has been 'unkind' to them. To my way of thinking, when one possesses a strong-faith in and about life, part of which dispels the belief that we are in this, alone, it is easier to bear the challenges of life. If we hold true, that, it is a sign of strength, and, NOT weakness, to 'give to God what is God's', KNOWING, that, much of what occurs in our life is out of our control, yet, 'purposeful' in it's own right, we can and do feel shed of some personal-'suffering'. Again, it is true, that, all of us 'suffer' pain, unpleasantness, and woe in our lives; yet, we experience, GREAT and WONDERFUL moments, as well, and THOSE, my friends, are what I wish to 'dwell on'. Just Sayin'...