Have you ever heard someone say, "Oh, she just sees the world through rose-colored glasses"? The meaning behind it is that the person only sees things in a positive light, looking right past the bad to the good.
When you think about it, is it really such a bad thing?
Part of the message at church today was about looking for the good in life. Pastor Craig Groeschel talked about the difference between vultures and hummingbirds. Vultures, he said, fly around looking for dead things. Hummingbirds, on the other hand, fly around looking for sweet things. He mentioned that if you are always looking for bad, you will find it. And if you are always looking for good, you will find that, too.
There is a lot of bad in our world. Always has been. That's practically all you see on the news, isn't it? Occasionally you'll see a "human interest" piece, but pretty much they should call it the "Bad News" instead of just "The News."
The thing is, there's a lot of good in our world, too. Always has been. Yes, there are the stories of good that make it on the news, that get passed around on the internet, but there are so many more little stories happening in our world every day. A mom with her hands full, shopping with very small children, drops something and someone nearby reaches to pick it up for her. Someone lets the person in when they are trying to merge into traffic. Someone "pays it forward" in a fast food line. Good is everywhere, if you know where and how to look for it.
The problem is we're just used to looking for the bad, finding fault, looking for mistakes. What if we made a decision, today, to change what we're looking for? What if we tried to "look for the good" in life...in others? What if we put on our "rose-colored glasses?"
I think I need to go shopping for a new pair of glasses! What about you?
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