Focusing vs Reality

When we receive a good news and a bad news, which one do we focus on? Which one sticks to our mind all day long? Which one can’t we stop thinking about? Which one determines our mood?

When we are spending time with a group of people and we have 2 “special” people in the group: one that we like very much and another one we dislike very much. Which person will determine our state of mood? Eventually, will we enjoy our group activity or not?

Do we have more good news or bad news in the media? Do more bad or good things happen to our world or we just have an inner need to focus much more on one kind?

When we get home in the evening, do we focus on the bad or good things that happened to us all day? If we had an awful day, do we focus on the terrible things that happened to us or do we work on to make a nice ending for our day?

Why?