Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough. – Oprah Winfrey
What you focus on is everything.
Imagine your “focus” is a steering wheel in a car.
Where you steer towards is what you get.
Of course, sometimes you hit an icy patch or something similar and go off course, but, by and large, where you steer is where you go.
Steer towards what you want.*
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* What you truly, deeply want.
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