Try finding the sunny side.

I woke up this morning with a song on my mind that I hadn't heard for awhile.  It's called, "Keep On The Sunny Side of Life".  I found out it was written in 1899 by a guy named Ada Blenkhorn.  The chorus was all I could remember -

'Keep on the sunny side... Always on the sunny side...Keep on the sunny side of life.  It will help us every day; it will brighten all the way if we just keep on the sunny side of life.' 

Whenever I've walked in an unusually dark and challenging time of life, I've always tried to find the bright side.  A counselor once told me it's a survival skill.  The older I get, the more I realize that it's not a question of finding it, but just of choosing to recognize that it's there.

The bright side is sort of like the stars, always there but just not always seen.

That inner realization that it's there, unseen, can often get us through the dark days. Like a glorious sunrise that you expectantly wait to burst forth.  No matter the heaviness of your heart or the pain of your bones, you just know that the bright side will lighten your spirit and soothe your aches.

So today, if you don't like what you see, change your point of view. 

Find the sunny side, and give it a chance to shine through.   So here's to the bright side of whatever situation you might be thinking about right now.  May you allow the sunny side always to be on top!  

Cheers.