The Art of Being Positive
Keep looking up; remember there is only mud under your feet.
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An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.--Sir Winston Churchill
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox gives us some wise counsel in her poem "Optimism":
Talk happiness.
The world is sad enough
Without your woes. No path is wholly rough;
Look for the places that are smooth and clear,
And speak of those, to rest the weary ear
Of those so hurt by continuous strain
Of human discontent and grief and pain.
Talk faith.
The world is better off without
Your uttered ignorance and morbid doubt.
If you have faith in God, or Man, or self,
Say so. If not, push back upon the shelf
Of silence all your thoughts, till faith shall come;
No one will grieve because your lips are dumb.
Talk health.
The dreary, never-changing tale
Of mortal maladies is worn and stale.
You cannot charm, or interest, or please
By harping on that minor chord--disease.
Say you are well, or all is well with you,
And God shall hear your words and make them true.
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Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.--Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Cheerfulness is what greases the axles of the world.
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I was brought up to be very honest. It bothers me to be hypocritical or lie or deceive or cover up. So knowing I should act happy when I feel sad posed a problem for me. I wondered, "How can I put on a smile and look happy when I don't really feel that way?" But the Lord helped me to resolve this question to my satisfaction. The answer is:
You have to realise that when Jesus is in your heart, it's not you, it's His happiness that you're showing in your joyful countenance and happy smile. It is not being hypocritical to put on a happy face when you're sad, and you are not pretending, because it's the Lord's happiness that's showing.
So you are not being hypocritical to show joy on your face when you don't feel happy inside. To the contrary, you are being a wonderful example of Jesus shining through you.--"Not I, but Christ Who lives within me" (Galatians 2:20). You are showing His face, the beauty of Jesus being seen in you!--Maria David
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God has two dwellings: one in Heaven and the other in a thankful heart.--Izaak Walton (1593-1683)
Keep looking up; remember there is only mud under your feet.
* * *
An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.--Sir Winston Churchill
* * *
Ella Wheeler Wilcox gives us some wise counsel in her poem "Optimism":
Talk happiness.
The world is sad enough
Without your woes. No path is wholly rough;
Look for the places that are smooth and clear,
And speak of those, to rest the weary ear
Of those so hurt by continuous strain
Of human discontent and grief and pain.
Talk faith.
The world is better off without
Your uttered ignorance and morbid doubt.
If you have faith in God, or Man, or self,
Say so. If not, push back upon the shelf
Of silence all your thoughts, till faith shall come;
No one will grieve because your lips are dumb.
Talk health.
The dreary, never-changing tale
Of mortal maladies is worn and stale.
You cannot charm, or interest, or please
By harping on that minor chord--disease.
Say you are well, or all is well with you,
And God shall hear your words and make them true.
* * *
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us, or we find it not.--Ralph Waldo Emerson
* * *
Cheerfulness is what greases the axles of the world.
* * *
I was brought up to be very honest. It bothers me to be hypocritical or lie or deceive or cover up. So knowing I should act happy when I feel sad posed a problem for me. I wondered, "How can I put on a smile and look happy when I don't really feel that way?" But the Lord helped me to resolve this question to my satisfaction. The answer is:
You have to realise that when Jesus is in your heart, it's not you, it's His happiness that you're showing in your joyful countenance and happy smile. It is not being hypocritical to put on a happy face when you're sad, and you are not pretending, because it's the Lord's happiness that's showing.
So you are not being hypocritical to show joy on your face when you don't feel happy inside. To the contrary, you are being a wonderful example of Jesus shining through you.--"Not I, but Christ Who lives within me" (Galatians 2:20). You are showing His face, the beauty of Jesus being seen in you!--Maria David
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God has two dwellings: one in Heaven and the other in a thankful heart.--Izaak Walton (1593-1683)
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