Keep The Right Perspective | Victoria Osteen
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Thank you, Father, that we're here and in your love. Amen. So how's your outlook on life today? Did you get up this morning ready to embrace the day? I believe that you did. But you know, there's too many people that allow their circumstance to dictate their attitude. They don't even realize that their attitude is a choice that they make every single day. See, the Bible tells us to consistently and constantly put on this fresh new mental attitude. See, we choose the way we see life. We can either look at what's good in life and decide to be grateful about that, or we can look at what didn't work out and how things didn't go our way and allow it to give us a negative perspective on life. We've all heard that saying, the glass half full or the glass half empty.
You see, that saying is so timeless because it makes such an amazing point. See, the water in the glass is the same amount. It's just how one chooses to see the water that makes all the difference in the world. I know this girl that kind of always had a bend towards negative.
What is the importance of perspective in living an extraordinary life?
You could ask her, how are you doing today? And it was almost funny. You could predict she was going to start telling you the things that were going wrong in her life. One day she said, oh, I was late to work. I had to take my children to the doctor. The doctor didn't open till nine o'clock. She said, now I have to stay late at the office because there's so much work for me to do. And you know, you're listening to this and it almost makes you grin because you're thinking you're kidding, right? Then she goes on to say, my house is a disaster when I get home late from work.
How can our circumstances influence our attitude?
My husband doesn't know how to work the vacuum cleaner, he doesn't know how to work the dishwasher, on and on. And you know, when you listen to this, you realize, you know what, she's probably got a pretty good husband. In fact, I know her husband, and he's a good man. He has a good job, he works hard, he loves to take the kids out on Saturdays, and she can have the whole house to herself. But instead of looking at the richness in her life, she chooses to look at the negative. And when you begin to focus on the negative, you know what you see? More negative. And when you see this negative, it's like swimming against the current. It's just a struggle. It's difficult and it's hard. I believe that we need to learn how to manage our thoughts.
We need to learn how to rearrange our thoughts so that we can literally see what we have and then enjoy what we have. The other day, I walked past one room in my house. It's my living room. And sometimes when I go in there, I think, I don't like the way this room looks. In fact, I thought, I wish I could just get rid of all this furniture and start over.
What does the Bible say about maintaining a positive mindset?
That would be so amazing. I found myself walking past the room several times, you know, as the days went on. And looking in there and having just a really negative attitude towards that room. Almost like, ugh. And then I realized, I'm not going to be getting any new furniture anytime soon, so I better just go in there and rearrange the furniture. So I began shifting the furniture, putting towels under the legs of the couch. How many of you women done pulling that couch, scooting everything around? You know, by the time I finally finished, I stepped back and I looked at that room and I thought, I like this room. This looks really good. I went and got myself a cup of tea, sat on the couch. I thought, I've never seen that piece of furniture from that perspective.
That really looks good, the way that curves around there. You see, I was able to have a fresh new attitude about that room. I was able to see it differently because I rearranged it. And just the way I rearranged my furniture, we need to rearrange our thoughts. We need to push our thoughts around so our thoughts don't push us around.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:37
2
What is the importance of perspective in living an extraordinary life?
1:37–2:08
3
How can our circumstances influence our attitude?
2:08–3:20
4
What does the Bible say about maintaining a positive mindset?
3:20–14:26
5
How can we learn to manage and rearrange our thoughts?
14:26–17:49