The simple things in life can bring much joy if you look at them with a positive attitude. Flying a kite with a child can be fun, or it can be time wasted if you wish you were doing something else. Receiving a compliment from your employer, your teacher, or a family member for something you did especially well can make you feel wonderful. Facing each task with the determination to do the job to the very best of your ability can bring something positive to the actual doing and a solid feeling of accomplishment after the job is completed. You can get out of bed in the morning, ready to make the day an adventure. Or, you can stay under the covers as long as possible and rush to work with mind and body already weary and your thoughts possibly scrambled from hurrying. Your attitudes can help create your life's circumstances. Attitudes may make you either a happy or an unhappy person. Of course, the inevitabilities of life can bring problems, troubles, and sadness to us all, but if your glass remains half full, your attitudes can help you triumph over those times.
~John Marks Templeton
(Worldwide Laws of Life)