The other day, someone said my middle name should be “Silver Linings.”  Every time he brought up a situation, I pointed out something positive about it.  I saw the silver lining.

This is a choice that each of us can make every day.  With almost any situation, something positive can be learned, or some positive experience can be taken away, but only if you choose to see it that way.  It’s easy to feel bad for yourself when things are hard.  It’s harder to be in a difficult situation and choose to focus on the positive.

We all have bad things happen in our lives.  There is nothing that we can do to control it.  All we can do is choose how we are going to respond to the bad things.  I choose to see the silver lining.