So far, so good

2022 is in its infancy. Only a few days have been marked off on the calendar. How has your year been going up to this point? What has contributed to your assessment of that? Is it based on what you see happening around you or within you? Much of how you experience your world is how you perceive it. Think back to an event that was attended by more than one person. Each one will have a different story of what would appear to be identical in what was occurring. The same people, the same environment, the same actions. Yet no two people would interpret it in the same exact way. If you accept this, then it demonstrates your ability to create an interpretation that focuses on the positive. Even if the first few days of 2022 weren’t what you were hoping they would be, you can turn that around at any moment. It requires that you find the good in what is happening. It may not be easy given the circumstances, but even the smallest sense of what is good can begin to make a difference. I am having to do this in the case of the unexpected death of my stepfather a few weeks ago. I can see how his presence in my life over the past 50 years made my life all the better. It also teaches me the importance of living life in the moment. How has 2022 begun for you and what will you do to make it positive?