Life is a gift to appreciate and be grateful for daily.

Though we enjoy, we do encounter challenges on a daily basis.

How we deal with these challenges – our attitude – is correlated with our peace of mind in life.

You choose.

Does the slow check-out line ruin your day or give you more time to reflect on the good you have in life.

Does the negative comments by your spouse cause you to retaliate with insults or think of ways you can improve?

Does the flat tire cause you more stress or give you an opportunity to exercise by changing the tire?

Our attitude has a direct effect on our happiness.

Judaism teaches us secrets of Positive living.

G-d is Good

One Major principal is to recognize that G-d is good and does only good.

He does what is the best thing for you specifically. This is called – Hashgacha Pratit / Individual Supervision.

Internalizing this give you the proper attitude to see any situation in a good light.

And the force to overcome any challenge.

It takes time and practice to get there, but eventually you can.

Now that every Challenge is Tailored for your benefit – instead of getting upset you can use it to grow

This is one of the first messages of the Torah (in Parashat / Weekly Torah Reading Ha’Azinu read) after the New year – Learning Torah makes you grow.

Now that we know of G-d’s concern for each individual, each challenge can be used to propel us to a new level.

Instead of reacting immediately when dinner is not ready negatively when you arrive at home after a challenging day, React Positively.

It will give you some more time to wind down or spend time with the kids.

(It might be useful to eat a small snack before you get home as well.)

Instead of ranking out the cashier who over charged you for an item, take it as an opportunity to improve your tolerance for error.

Instead of using your speech to bring others down when talking about people, use it to bring yourself up by learning to talk with nobility.

Instead of your emotions prompting you to pray for someone who did you bad similar pain, use those emotions to pray fervently for your good.

For instance if someone stole $100 from you, you can pray that that person loses $100. Or you can pray that you will gain $1000.

Or you can think that that $100 was taken from you to spare you from a worse fate.

In life you have the choice to be positive or negative.

Torah teaches us – Live Positively.