Becoming a Tourist

Now it is the end of the day and Esteban and I are smiling. We just had a nice ride, the weather was beautiful and nobody got thrown off their horses so all in all life is good. Life is always good even when it is bad. This is how we must try to look at things. We really must look for the good in everything. The more we look for the good, the more good we will see. The more we look for the garbage, the more dirt and grime we will see. It is a simple formula but not such an easy one to follow. It is always easier to find fault, to find the bad, to point fingers. Why do you think we love to go on vacations so much? Is it because we like to escape from our daily routine? We get to sleep in. We aren't attached to our blackberries, I-Pad's, computer's? Maybe. Or maybe what it really boils down to is that we are tourists. And what do tourists do? They look to find the good in everything. They are there to enjoy, have a good time, get a tan. They aren't dissecting and tearing everything apart. So let us all try and have some of that tourist energy when we have our heads buried in our computers rushing to beat a deadline. When we are with our significant others and they are doing something that is so annoying you could scream, stop... take a breath... and remember you are a tourist. You look for the good. Or lets really step it up and now you are at the doctor's office and you have been given some news, really, really bad news. Now you ask how can I be a tourist in this situation? How can you not be? It has been proven that people with a positive mind and outlook can overcome the most difficult of situations. My own grandmother was given 6 months to live over 40 years ago. Everyone was terrified for she had the C. What did she do? She lived another 25 years and proved the doctor's wrong. How did she do it? Again, she chose to see the good in everything and by doing so all was good. She created her own reality. Was it a miracle? Yes it was. What miracle are you going to create today?