Faith is a great defining word. I too have a deep commitment to my Faith. I've always believed no matter what - God has been on my side. And I might not understand why things happen the way they do, but I believe that God has a plan for me. My only concern is that I discover that plan and carry out whatever God wants me to do - what he has planned for me. One word that can that defines my life is "OPTIMISM". Like everyone else at times, I may get discouraged and ask myself "Why ME?".

But if you ask many of my friends in the end - I have always been a very positive and optimistic person. Everyone has a choice of being optimistic or pessimistic. It takes the same amount of effort. Optimism gives You Hope - Pessimism causes you to lose any hope at all. If you have no hope - why try at all. That's why I gravitate toward Optimism. With Optimism - I have the encouragement to try - I can act and if I take action toward my dreams - I can make them come true. I believe in my dreams even if others don't because I'm optimistic - I have hope. Hope keeps me working when others won't.

With Optimism I can look forward to better and greater things. I know that all I need to do to make my dreams come true is the knowledge of those dreams, the belief I can achieve those dreams and with Optimism I can believe, and then learning the skills and taking the necessary actions to make those dreams turn into reality.

So if you are faced with the choice of being optimistic or pessimistic - Chose Optimism. If Faced with the choice of either choosing abundance or scarcity - choose abundance.

It begins within ourselves. It begins with your thoughts. Have you recently conducted an inventory of your thoughts? If they have been gravitating toward pessimism - make a commitment to be more optimistic and then you can become more opportunistic.

You OWN your thoughts - your thoughts define you - so how are your thoughts of today going to define your future Tomorrow?