Hard Times?

Okay this is a soap box moment so hold on....It seems like the whole world is disscussing the Hard times we are having with the gas, economy, housing market on and on and on....I just can't help to think back to a book I read not that long ago "The Secret", If you haven't read it I strongly suggest that you DO! It is hard to explain in a nut shell but mostly about the Law of Attraction in our lives and how our primary thoughts control our life's outcomes.
To bring that into my reason for this post, I feel like the country is foucsing so much on the difficulties facing us right now (the negative) that we are forgetting to be So Very Grateful for the gifts and blessings in our life (all the positive things) Therefore we are recieving more HaRd TiMeS because we are expecting them to happen! For me it is simple, I really just want to enjoy my little world and life and try hard not to camplain about the bad! I have a few family members who are having such a hard time and one that I talked to tonight where all he did was complain about the hard hand that life has dealt him and the horrible state of the world, even listening to his problems brings me down. Lets be Honest we all have issues and problems to face....I sound so cliche...Anyway, I am convinced the attitude we attack life with makes a differance! What can it hurt to remember and think of the positve and see the beauty in the world and chose to see the world as beautiful. My thoughts for the day, Thankyou...I'll be here all week!