How I try and aproach each day!

 
I have faced and still face numerous challenges in life. What helps me more than anything, and I hope will help you too.  Are three simple things, be grateful, focus on solutions, and find inspiration!
   Reminding ourselves of the things we have to be grateful for accomplishes many things. It puts your focus on what’s really important to you. It gives you things to feel good about. You realize that no matter what you haven't lost everything. So take the time every morning, every night, and in moments of stress to take time to remind yourself of at-least three things you have to be grateful for! 
  Each day I try and take time to think about the challenges I face and focus on the solutions to them in a manageable and imaginative way. In an era of instant gratification when we are unable to get quick results its easy to get down, but that doesn't help you or the situation. You have to give yourself time and realize that you can even learn from setbacks. The key is to be realistic, but that doesn't mean your dream is out of reach or impossible! Trust me I may not have made all my dreams come true, but I have done things lots of people thought were impossible for me, and usually when I have failed it has been because of a lack of faith, discipline, patience or education and maybe even good judgment or an inability to raise the necessary support NOT because it was impossible or I lacked the talent. All of which I have and am doing my best to learn from. I hope to save others from making some of these mistakes. So give yourself a chance and ask a lot of questions to those who can help you. Focus on what you can do. You can only control your actions and behaviors not anyone else' s. Keep putting one foot in front of the other and smile. Search with enthusiastically for the knowledge you need to face your challenges.
  Inspiration is a very important part of the equation. If you don't have it, you are going to have a tough road. If you make it as important to yourself as food, you WILL find it! This is a very unique thing some of us find it in music, religion, art or family. It doesn't really matter were you find it as long as it is in a healthy and legal way.  For me it can be hearing one of my children laugh or making my wife smile!
 Life is a challenge for all for us, but it is also a blessing. I am not a psychologist and have no special training in this area, but I wanted to make this one post in hopes that it might help someone. I hope you have a great day!!!
Sincerely, John