Wag your own dog!

Have you ever watched a situation turn from something you knew into something else? I remember a movie a few years back called "Wag the dog". The premise being that political people used the news media with half truths and full on lies to sway the public to vote for or do the things they wanted. I wonder if that is partially going on today? I know the housing market is down, the financial system has issues due to greed and thousands of people have lost jobs. But are things as bad as the news implies? Are we perpetuating our on misery? Not to mention the swirl of dog wagging the various news outlets and politicians are throwing at us to get want they want. Just for fun one week night, watch MSNBC and Fox News. If possible, go back and forth. They talk about many of the same things completely differently. Imagine if the news channels just did a weeks worth of nothing but positive stories and editorials. I believe if we could get them to do this, the markets would see a positive turn. The same is true in your personal life. If things are hard for you or you been dealt a bad hand. Do what every good poker player does, bluff those around (and yourself). Wag your own dog! If you focus on the good and the positive, I believe things will turn around for you. Just turn the bad over to God, he can handle it much better than we can! Then go read Psalms 118:8