recognizing the good.

"when each day is the same as the next, it's because people

fail to recognize the good things that happen in their lives

every day that the sun rises."

(The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho)

Like I mentioned before, I'm reading The Alchemist.  Again.  It's just one of those books that transports me back to a time when I was braver, when I had no fears.  No reservations.  No doubts.  When I was a child.  Who just dared to dream. 

Needless to say, it's a book that inspires me.  Reminds me to follow my dreams.  And reminds me that although bad things happen, there are many good things happening, as well.  Sometimes, we just allow the bad overshadow the good.  But really, there are more good.  The fact that we're breathing, we're alive, is one.  Probably, the most important one.

So, today (and everyday), I told myself, I will make an effort to recognize the good.  Because really, life is good.  :)         

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