Three decisions shape everything: what you focus on (what you have or what's missing), what you think you can control, and whether you're stuck in the past. Focusing on what you have, what's in your control, and the future brings gratitude and calm. The opposite brings frustration and depression.
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There's three decisions you're making every moment in your life. You're making it right now. Everyone's listening, is making these three decisions. You might be making them unconsciously. So then your life is driven by the environment. First decision is, what are you going to focus on? Are you going to focus on what you have or what's missing? Are you going to focus on what you control or what you can't control? And if you're focused on what's missing, that can make you grow. But if that's what you focus on continuously and you add one more pattern, it'll create frustration, anger, sadness, or even depression. And the second pattern is, which one of these do you more. Do you focus more on what you control or can't control? If you go in a pattern of focusing on what you can't control and what's missing, the stress inside of you is always going to be there. Because think about it. There's plenty of things that aren't missing, and there's plenty of things you can't control. But when you're focused on what I can't do and what's missing from my life, there's an emptiness. Now, here's the third one. Do you tend to focus more? I think we do all three, but more on the past, the present, or the future. If you're focused on what I can control, what I already have, that's beautiful in my life and what's happening right now, that's beautiful, or what I'm going to create, you're not going to have that level of stress. You'll still have problems, but you're not going to have the anger or the sadness or the overwhelm.