Sacred or Scared

Things don't always work out for the best,
but we can make the best
out of the way things work out.

Sacred and scared are made up of the same letters. Simply switch two of the letters around and you can flip from one word to the other.

When we inject positive energy into situations we are holding them in a 'sacred place.' When we invest ourselves in worry we are holding things in a 'scared place.' Whatever we focus upon becomes our reality.

I've heard that during the depression, the positive thinking guru Napoleon Hill recommended to the President that negative news be kept to a minimum and positive news emphasized. A number of people recently have suggested either injecting more positive news into our media or starting a new media provider that emphasizes positives would be a good idea.

Since most of us have no control over what is broadcast or written, we have to do something else to handle the barrage of negative news that we are confronted with on a daily basis. In our own lives we can begin by looking for and asking for positive information.

For example, instead of asking open-ended questions such as "How are things going?" we can ask, "What's the good news?" When we do this, the other person has to stop and think of something positive to say. When we ask ourselves this question, we also have to stop and think of something positive.