Control Your Perceptions

I was reading a book by Richard Carlson, PH.D. called Don't Sweat The Small Stuff...and It's All Small Stuff and came across a brief story that caught my interest:

Two workers were approached by a child. The child asked the first worker, "What are you doing?" His response was to complain that he was virtually a slave, an underpaid bricklayer who spent his days wasting his time, placing bricks on top of one another. The child asked the second worker the same question. His response, however, was quite different. "I'm the luckiest person in the world," he began. "I get to be a part of important and beautiful pieces of architecture. I help turn simple pieces of brick into exquisite masterpieces."
They were both right.

All that you feel is a product of your own thoughts. You completely control everything that goes on inside your head. When you allow yourself to dwell on how mundane the world can be then it will be just that, but if you look at the beauty and wonder from everyday situations you're life will be filled with happiness and contentment. As the author put it, "This bricklayer sees cathedrals within pieces of brick...Can you see the extraordinary synchronicity that exists in our world; the extraordinary beauty of nature; the incredible miracle of human life?" A simple shift in your mental attitude can create vastly different meanings for the everyday things, making your world look a little brighter. Never underestimate the impact of a mental shift.