It's not what happens to you
that can make your life or break it.
The thing that really matters is
the way you choose to take it.

You can have a "pity party"
and say life's not worth the living,
Or find some place that needs the love
and help you could be giving.

You can crawl into a shell,
and reach a state of deep depression,
Or count the many blessings
you still have in your possession.

You can say that life's not fair,
and that you simply cannot bear it,
Or seek what's good in life,
and find a way that you can share it.

No, it's not what happens that decides
the winning or the losing.
It's how you take it -- and you'll find
it's strictly your own choosing.
©

Betty Jo Mings

Thank You Betty for allowing 

me to share your poems with others.

Midi by Elton Smith