Seeing The Possibilities

"Every particle of creation sings its own song of what is and what is not.  Hearing what is can make you wise; hearing what is not can drive you mad."  Ghalib, Sufi poet

Even centuries ago Ghalib knew that if one looks at what is right in the world, one is more content -- and, being more content, more pleasure naturally occurs.  It is such a simple, but not necessarily easy, task: to orient oneself to what is going right in the world, rather than what is going wrong.  For every act of terrorism, there are countless, undocumented acts of kindness.  For every illness, there are countless who are well.  For every injustice, there are many acts of justice.  The people who teach that how we think and feel magnifies and brings into our life more of what we are thinking and feeling seem to be right.  The more I see what is very, very good about my life; the more goodness appears.  It is simply a matter of orientation.