Choosing to look at the Positive

I'm 29 years old, and i am just beginning to realize just how much control a person has over how they perceive things in their life. So many people, me included for many years and still on occasion, wander around life so wrapped up in the "negative" things that happen in their lives that they never see all the positive, beautiful things hiding around each corner. It's so very easy to get caught up in issues with money, work, relationships, family...all the ways we "fail" or "fall short." But why chose to allow those things to matter so much? Why not chose to look at the ways we succeed and all the wonderful things we have to be thankful for instead? I chose to look at the positive; only there will we find true happiness.