You Go Where You Look

I was talking with my friend Carole Spence the other day, and I was reminded of the phrase "You go where you look." Carole is another artist whose work you might want to check out. Here is one of her paintings, and you can see more on her website.



We were talking about how easy it is to slip into a downward spiral of negative thinking. Once in that state, it can be so difficult to pull yourself out, and to remember that it doesn't have to be that way. Everything is happening in the mind, and the mind can just as easily focus on the positive.

My friend Michael Benner always said, "You go where you look," meaning that if you focus on the negative, you'll bring that on. If you focus on magic, magic will happen.

I think we need to remind each other and ourselves that we're capable of more than we realize -- that we can bring magic into our lives, or at least more desirable results. There's always more than one way of seeing a situation, and we can work to find the potential in what may not appear to be a happy outcome. I'm not saying that we should be Pollyannas and be unrealistically happy all the time, but that we can aim for a more positive approach to life, while at the same time dealing with reality. And, we can look for the magic!