What’s Your Problem?

The Eclipse of August 21, 2017 with all of its surrounding excitement should remind us to always look up. Not just in the middle of the day, but always look up. Not just because of an eclipse, but, especially during an eclipse, always look up. It was interesting as I heard people say that it really was blinding for them to look up directly at the sun without any protection. They were inferring how long it had been since they had actually physically looked up into the sky. Looking up is a practice that we might want to keep around.

Looking up shouldn’t only be a cosmological thing, but also a spiritual, emotional and psychological thing as well. We should be in the practice of always trying to look up. We should always be trying to raise a bowed down head. Perhaps the one time that we should not look up is when someone shouts “fore” while playing golf. Fore means a golf ball has been hit and it’s heading towards you, so duck and take cover instantly and immediately. And whatever you do at this time, don’t look up! So, for the most part make looking up, that is, keeping a positive attitude and perspective about things as much as possible.

When walking by the veterans this morning, we spoke as usual. I told them that I was doing super! I told them that today was a good day. The response came from one of them that he always tries to have a good day. One of the other gentleman replied, “Well, miss just having one of these days and you will see how good today really is.” If you missed what he was saying, then I will explain. He was saying that we are alive. Try not being alive. I told him that, “I refuse to have a bad day.” I refuse to have a bad day. I will type it slower so that you can read it slower. I refuse to have a bad day.

I might have a bad moment or event, but not a bad day. So what type of day are you having? The events around you are really secondary. Now don’t take what I just said to the extreme, but the truth still remains. You will have about as good of a day as you make your mind up to have. The weather is irrelevant. My surroundings are ancillary. Once you get your thoughts arranged beautifully, then your type of day will follow suit. Clothe your mind in proper apparel. Oh, and by the way, the happy veterans that I speak to every morning when I see them are homeless. Yet, they keep both a smile on their faces and their boots shined. So, tell me, by comparison, “What’s your problem?”