{'Life's Journey'}

AS YOU MAKE PLANS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE'S JOURNEY, REMEMBER THAT THE QUALITY OF THAT JOURNEY WILL DEPEND, IN PART, UPON THE QUALITY OF YOUR THOUGHTS.

IF YOU ALLOW YOURSELF TO FALL INTO THE UNFORTUNATE HABIT OF NEGATIVE THINKING, YOU WILL BRING NEEDLESS SUFFERING INTO YOUR LIFE.

BUT IF YOU CHOOSE, INSTEAD, TO FOLLOW THE DIRECTIVE OF {PHILIPPIANS 4:8, YOU WILL FOCUS YOUR ATTENTION UPON

"WHATEVER THINGS ARE NOBLE,

WHATEVER THINGS ARE JUST,

WHATEVER THINGS ARE PURE,

WHATEVER THING ARE LOVELY,

WHATEVER THINGS ARE OF GOOD REPORT . . ."

THE NEXT TIME YOU FIND YOURSELF DWELLING UPON THE NEGATIVES OF LIFE,

REFOCUS YOUR ATTENTION TO THINGS POSITIVE.

THE NEXT TIME YOU FIND YOURSELF FALLING PREY TO THE BLIGHT OF PESSIMISM,

STOP YOURSELF,

TURN YOUR THOUGHTS AROUND, AND GIVE YOURSELF THE GIFT OF OPTIMISM.

AND IF YOU SEE YOUR GLASS AS

"HALF - EMPTY,"

REST ASSURED THAT YOUR SPIRITUAL VISION IS IMPAIRED.

WITH GOD, YOUR GLASS IS NEVER HALF EMPTY.

WITH GOD AS YOUR PROTECTOR AND CHRIST AS YOUR SAVIOR, YOUR GLASS IS FILLED TO THE BRIM AND OVERFLOWIMG . . .

FOREVER.