#forwad

Today I went out to do door knocking for a friends painting company. The pay is good and it's a nice excuse for an evening stroll. The first couple times I went out I would come back emotionally exhausted. Being rejected for two hours straight is not my idea of a good time. I had people get frustrated at me and a handful were quite rude (only a handful, it's still Canada after all). Then I began to realise the problem wasn't with these people but it was with myself. For starters, I began to think of myself as offering the option to paint their house instead of trying to sell them to paint their house. I was showing up on their doorstep with the offer of a free quote! Who doesn't like free stuff! This began to change the way I viewed the work and I now enjoy going out and offering the neighborhood something free. How often does this reflect actual life? Those times when we don't talk to others for fears of burdening them with our problems. I enjoy when people come to me with their problems because it means they are letting me in, they are including me in their life story. Instead of thinking of it as burdening a friend, think of it as including a friend. Or even just to recognise your blessings, I don't have to go for a run, I am blessed with use of both my legs and am therefore given the opportunity to run which I should take advantage of for my near perfect health. There are two sides to every story and in every aspect of our life we see the negative of there is always a positive. To be cliche, there's always a silver lining. With this, happiness was a change of thought, a little switch to be flicked that changed everything. My challenge to myself and to you is figure out what switches you have to flick and flick them! See the world for what you can offer.