“Nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so” – Shakespeare

Just recently, I was driving in my car listening to the radio, when I heard the broadcaster quote Shakespeare “nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”  This thought resonated with me for the entire day, and it still keeps popping into my head.  It really got me thinking…

This idea is critical to everyday life and highly applicable to school.  Think about this idea for a moment.  You walk into school at 8:30 and head to class and find out immediately you are starting a new unit on quadratic equations.  At this moment, you have two options.  Option 1, you think “I suck at quadratics, this is so dumb” or Option 2, you think “quadratics are not my strength, but I’ll try my best.”

You see, in everyday life we are faced with decisions.  We can see the glass as “half full” or we can see it as “half empty”.   If we approach every situation with a positive mindset and see the positives outweighing the negatives, you can win at life every time.  If, however, you see the negative, and think people are out to make your life miserable, you are in for a long, hard, negative life.

You can apply this concept to virtually every aspect of life “nothing is either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”