Your Experience is Up to You
Helen Keller was born blind and deaf.
She
couldn’t see a sunrise. She couldn’t hear a symphony. As a child, she couldn’t
communicate because she couldn’t see to read, or hear to converse. Yet she
became a world-renowned author, activist and public speaker because she learned
early in life how to focus her attention and go for what she wanted.
For
every light there is a shadow, and it’s up to you which one gets your
attention.
There
are people in this world who seem to only see the shadows. They bemoan bad luck
and blame their failures on faulty circumstance. Then there are those who seem
to always be successful. They look for the light…and often find it. These
people are happy, content and satisfied with life.
The
secret to this difference is the human brain’s limited ability to assimilate
information. Every day, you take in immense amounts of data, but you can’t
process all of it. If you did, you’d get way too distracted. You’d possibly
even go insane.
So,
at some point in human history, we developed a regulating mechanism that helps us
focus. The things you’ve told your brain to look for (like the color green)
show up vividly, while everything else blends into the background.
You
have a choice. You can stay focused on your problems and create more worry and
anxiety, or you can start looking for what’s right, and create opportunities and
fulfillment.
Fortunately, that shift is
available at any time.
