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Staying Focused & Positive

How do you see life? Are you miserable or happy? I wish for everyone to feel good, happy, loved and cared for.

I try very hard to stay focused and positive in my everyday life. It's hard though because there is so much negativity around us.

I dream of a world where everyone smiles, helps, supports and encourages each other – but I have to live in the real world and right now, there are a lot of criticism, anger, jealousy and lack of support.

Yet, every day, I happily get up, I have breakfast with my family, I get to spend several hours with my daughter before she goes to school then I work sometimes until late in the night. But, I still remain focused and positive. I want to be an example for my child who is pure and innocent.

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I happen to find life beautiful and amazing because there isn't such thing as coincidence or accident. Our thoughts, emotions and actions put into motion forces of the universe and boom, something happens – we meet someone who will become a great friend, we have a new opportunity – whatever it is, we will grow from it.

I guess when I look at life, I just find it easier to be happy, positive and to move forward than to be miserable, negative and be stuck in my own emotions. Smiling and laughing each day is so important but so many people are unable to give a smile, to say something kind or to appreciate what they have.

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I wish for everyone to be thankful and grateful. I wish for everyone to be respectful and supportive, even to your dearest friends, to your wife or husband, to your parents or kids. I wish for everyone to never take for granted anything they have. I wish for everyone to continue to make the world a better place. I wish for everyone to smile throughout the day, just because!

I always find that if I can be calm and wait for the answer, my situations always work out. It never fails because I wait for the universe to deliver to me what I need. I don't force things, I don't push, I believe and it works. Try it one day!

And don't forget to let me know what happened when you started believing.

Thanks, Sev

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