How to Get the Best of Life

Another attitude that is such a tremendous help in the art of living, is the attitude of gratitude, think of it as appreciation. Appreciate the good wherever you find it. Appreciate you capabilities; appreciate all your faculties, mental, physical and spiritual. Appreciate what others are and do, and whenever possible voice your appreciation. That has a very lubricating action and can produce harmony in many an unpleasant situation. The more you fine to appreciate in yourself, and the more attention you pay to it, the more you will find to appreciate in others. It is the opposite to condemnation, which is such an unsatisfactory attitude under any circumstances whatsoever. It is destructive and devitalizing; it has no contribution to make expanding and advancing life. Life is always expanding and advancing, so the best contribution you can make to life is focus your attention on all that you can appreciate. In this way advance. This is living, going forward. Life is never static, and never goes backwards, it always advance. When you pay attention to what you can appreciate within yourself, you will not be satisfied with inferior performance. Someone has said: ‘the habit of mind control is built up by the practice of controlled acts.’ The more attention you give to whatever you are doing, the better it will be done, but not only that, you will be developing your power of awareness.

The reason that none of us do give of our best is because we are not aware of the limitless potential that we have to give from, which was my second statement. We are aware that life cannot withhold its best from us. All lack of health, happiness and supply is the result of our approach, and attitude towards life, and our lack of appreciation of it, never because of any lack or limitation in the supply of life itself.

To our words of attitude, attention and action, we have now added approach, appreciation, advancement and awareness. Is there magic in the number seven? Alliteration sometimes helps us to remember, how do you approach the everyday occurrences? With the expectation of good or with a timid apprehension of evil, or what is called bad luck? Life is never against you. Le your attitude to life be one of appreciation, and acceptance of all the good it has to offer. ‘The best is yet to be.’ Know this to be the truth, pay attention only to that which is good, and you will surely, even if slowly, advance to an awareness of the unlimited potential within and all around you, and as you give of your best you will certainly get the best from life.