interesting dream on gratitude

For a dream that started out scary and violent, it turned out pretty cool.

It seems the devil had taken over. There was a lot of destruction, and killing of people. One particularly horrifying scene was I was in this room with a group of other people, and a little boy was singled out to go to a different room. His mother went with him, but once the doors closed, you could hear the boy crying and screaming and I knew he was killed.

Then, everyone (from the town?) was sitting in what looked like a church, but the devil was in control. He had essentially got to everyone, and they were all lost, thinking about the saddest and most painful memories of their lives, essentially feeling hopeless.

So I started walking around to everyone, telling them what I was grateful for. The more I did it, the more frustrated the devil became. But I kept talking, telling everyone that they can choose what they focus on in life. They can choose pain or sadness, or they can choose gratitude. I told them it didn't have to be big things they were grateful for, but they needed to find at least one thing they were grateful and happy for, and focus on that. More and more people started finding at least one thing they were grateful for, and soon, the devil had lost all control over them.

I really believe in the message of that dream. Life isn't always roses and perfect, but you have to power to focus on what you want. If you focus on how things aren't what you want, or things aren't working out how you envisioned, then that becomes all you see. But if you find the positive, and focus on that, it becomes easier to see more positive, and then it is easier to focus on making positive changes.