To the Editor:
Positive thinking is a topic people could roll their eyes and shake their heads at in disgust. How can we be positive when our family members are dying? It seems more people are dealing with cancer, disease and also poverty. The economy is in an uncertain situation and the world looks in pretty rough shape.
But that's being honest here. We can live easier, more fulfilling and happier lives if we just set back and enjoy what we already have. Even though our family members are in war, fighting a war we don't understand. Why are Canadians there in the first place? We have lost many solid men and women fighting in the war against terrorism.
But we still have to be grateful that we can put gas in the car, have a job to go to, have food in the fridge, have a bathroom, a family that love us, the opportunity to be educated, to earn a living and to live a positive life here in Canada.
We may have endured floods, we pay high taxes, rent is up and so is gas. If the government doesn't do anything about these problems soon, the people of Canada will lose hope.
But before I go on, we must be grateful that we are not like Africa. We don't have it as bad as the United States where 1.8 million Americans live in tents.
We wish as Canadians we could help the world out. We can help by first being grateful for what we have. We can also teach our children and teenagers and grandchildren how to be positive today and at this very moment because it could all change in the blink of an eye. We all face trials and disappointments but we can handle everything in the appropriate way and in the best way that we can.
If we concentrate on what is positive rather than what's wrong, we develop better life philosophies, are able to find true happiness and we will have the courage to face our fears, to deal with our problems and find ways to cope.
We can start by living one day at a time and believing it will all work out.
Stacie Amber McLeod, Yorkton, SK.
