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Last Saturday, my hubby and I attended a candlelit bowling to raise funds for a little girl in our community who is battling leukemia.

In order to raise additional funds we also had to bring something we could raffle off. During the course of the bowling event, a friend of ours decided she would raise extra funds by doing 40 push-ups in less than 60 seconds. Everyone gathered around her as they watched her do the push-ups. She finished with 40 push-ups in less than 45 seconds and raised a total of $275.

Not only was this event to help for a good cause, but also we actually had a good time and had fun bowling.

In the time that we spent with the little girl, she seemed to be a wonderful, sweet and happy child. I was amazed at how a little girl (at such a young age) who has gone through so much pain and suffering still continues to have a good outlook in life.

So I ask myself, why do we always focus on the negative stuff? We should learn from that… be grateful for what we have and enjoy the little miracles that we receive each day… even if things don’t always go our way.

And even though there are certain circumstances in our lives we have no control over or cannot change, what we do have is the power to find a solution…to change what we can and make a difference. How we want to live our lives and how we want to perceive life… it’s up to us.

I know life is not always easy. But what would life really be like if we only focused on the good things instead?