Today I am thankful for having focus….
Life with MS can be difficult – not usually physically for me but mentally. Focus is defined as “a center of activity, attraction“. On any given day brain fog makes focusing on anything next to impossible.
Since stopping my Co-paxone (the doctor said it wasn’t helping with the change in diagnosis), I find I am having more days where I can focus. On those days Negative Nellie and Doubtful Debbie pay a visit and I don’t need to tell you what happens then. A mini-pity party starts and NOTHING gets done.
Some days, I loose focus because I try to get too much done in one day. Sometimes I just wake up in a fog. I keep a list in my planner and am grateful I am able to tick off more things getting done. I love seeing the pink highlighter line meaning I have completed a task. Some days I squirrel. Yup, I have a plan and then get side tracked by something else. Now, it could be something which also needs to be done BUT instead of being grateful to get another task done, I look at the fact I am behind schedule. Tell me I am not alone, right?
I listened to a John Maxwell program where Les Brown talked about focusing on what we have and not what we don’t have. When we do this, we will get more done. WOW! What a way to change perspective. Instead of thinking about all of the things I don’t get done and how behind I am – cleaning, errands, making phone calls, creating new angels, shipping orders, following up with customers, etc. You get the picture right?
I need to STOP and think… I am blessed to have customers to call, people who want to place orders, the ability to create things and a space to do all of this in. The truth is the more I focus on the negative, the worse things get. So I have asked Negative Nellie and Doubtful Debbie to leave. I am ready to restart my day with a change in my focus.
I never lose sight of my overall goals but when I focus on what I don’t have versus what I do have, they seem unattainable. Life may toss you a load of lemons but it is what you do with them that makes the difference. Will you make lemonade and share with everyone or will you grumble about the fact that it takes too much time and energy to make the lemonade?
What are you focusing on this morning – what you have or what you don’t? Change your focus and see what happens.
Have a blessed day!
Hope Wissel 