Today's Reflection

I can change only myself, but sometimes that is enough.
--Ruth Humlecker

Happiness is more fleeting for some of us than for others. We may ponder this notion but fail to grasp the reason. However, careful attention to how "the happy ones" go through life will enlighten us. We will note how seldom they complain about others' actions. We will discover their willingness to accept others as they are. We will see that their attention is generally on the positive aspects of people and cir****tances rather than on the negative.

We can join the parade of "happy ones" by letting go of our need to change people and situations that disturb us. Even when we are certain other people are wrong, we can let go of controlling them. Doing this means changing ourselves, of course. But this is the one thing in life we do have control over.

I will change myself if I think something needs changing today!

Aloha Laureen......This is another one that hits home for me. I have a friend who is so negative and I find myself joining her in talking badly about others in our complex, etc. I hate that feeling of putting people down when you really don't know what you are talking about. I am trying to stay positive and be that way with her, but she is who she is, and I just have to accept and love her the way she is. You are so right when you say that we can only change ourselves....not others. I have been trying that for years (changing others) and it has failed miserably.

Thanks for another good start to the day.

Aloha nui loa,

Karen