Thrive with E

 Hope floats when you focus on the good in the world. The movie of the same name completely illustrates this. That life gets better if you focus on the good!   When you focus on the negative your whole life begins to sink.  To thrive completely you have to see the cup half full; no matter what.   The majority of the world’s issues and reactions stem from negative thinking. Positive thinking changes feelings, then feelings change behaviours.   I have been through horrific circumstances. I could have thrown up my hand and said, “I am done.” I had to understand if I focused on just the fact I was born out of rape, I would not have had the desire to figure out a God’s purpose on my life.   If I only concentrated on the grim reality of being sexually trafficked as a toddler my joy would be depleted on a daily basis.   To really thrive check your thoughts. Are they aimed at the good or the bad?  Stinky thoughts lead to a stinky ...

My cat, Atticus, loves fresh food in his bowl. He always leaves the bowl a quarter full. Once he can see the bottom of the bowl, he meows vivaciously demanding more.  In life we always demand more! More clothes, more jewelry, more cars, and more everything! Yet, we really fail to realize how much people really do not have! In the Philippines there is a dish many are forced to eat pagpag. It    is made from thrown out food in garbages, which is collected, reboiled several times, and then consumed. This is eaten by more households than whole city blocks in certain western world cities. How grateful I am to have more and in abundance. I have never had to eat anything close to  pagpag  delicacies. We all act like my picky cat. We all demand more, yet, if we shared more than what we really need the world  would be in a better place.   We need more contentment in our world we call life! We need more, “I have enough, thank you, pass on the good to ...