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August 21, 2026 5:16 pm

August 19, 2026, the 231st day of 2026 What You Focus on Will be Your Reality People talk about "my reality," and "your reality," as if reality were something abstract that is different for all of u... View MoreAugust 19, 2026, the 231st day of 2026 What You Focus on Will be Your Reality People talk about "my reality," and "your reality," as if reality were something abstract that is different for all of us. True reality isn't open to interpretation, it just is. Something happened or it did not happen. That is why we call it reality. It is real. It is fact. People altering their perspective are not altering reality, but they are formulating their perspectives on reality. So, in a sense they are shaping their reality, though not really. Still, perspective is the thing that we can understand, that is shapeable, that can be altered and improved. Everyone sees the world around them through their own eyes, colored by their experiences and affected greatly by their focus. Whether you are contented or not depends on your focus. It doesn't matter how wonderful a life you have. It doesn't matter how hard a life you have. It is what you focus on that will make you a content person or not. It you have a wonderful life (funny, I wasn't thinking of that movie, but actually it fits), but you focus on anything that is not wonderful, you will not be content. But if you appreciate the life you have and focus on that, then you will be content. If you have a hard life, but you focus on the wonderful times, appreciating them, you will be content. If you focus on the hard things you will not be content. It is not the overall ease or harshness of our lives that make us the people we are. It is what we focus on that does. It forms our very reality. If we are not aware of this, and do not control our focus, it will be hard to be content, no matter how much good comes to us. If we are aware of this, we will look for the good and focus on the good, no matter what else is happening in our lives. It is not being ignorant of the problems we face, but not focusing on them that gives us strength. And what we think on affects that focus, through the peace of God. "Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—think on these things. The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and the God of peace will be with you." Philippians 4:8-9 Stay strong! What you focus on matters more than you think. NAN

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