If you want to, you can easily find tons of reasons to live your life scared and negative. You can use all kinds of logic to justify a bitter, guarded attitude, as if it’s the only way protect yourself from bad things that could happen. The irony, however, is that it is the worst thing that could happen to you, because it makes the space inside your head persistently painful–and it doesn’t actually prevent pain or misfortune. It’s a self-made prison that you can only escape by choosing to shift your perspective. Since tomorrow is always uncertain, you can torture yourself hiding from the bad things that could happen, or you can decide to take responsibility for creating the good. But you can’t do both at the same time. Today if you’re feeling like the odds are stacked against you, ask yourself: Which would you prefer–to assume that things will go wrong and then find evidence to confirm you’re right, or to believe that good things will happen and then make every effort to create them? Today, choose the latter.

Just for today, I greet every day with optimism and joy, knowing that new experiences are always available to me. I move forward with confidence and ease. I am optimistic about my Life path. I speak and think positively. I now see unlimited opportunities for abundance everywhere I look. I am blessed and prospered. I have faith that everything is working out for my highest good. And so it is.