How to Stay Positive in a “Challenging” World
Some days are tougher than other days to find the positive. Today I woke up. That is my positive thought for today. I read a headline in the paper online today, Accident Kills 3. I was out driving around over the long weekend. I could have been on that road. I could have…
Some of you have made the comment that sometimes I write that I stay positive by “not”. Not being the one in the accident, not being homeless, not being hungry, not being… The point is perspective. How we each perceive ourselves and the world around us, creates our expectations. If we have a different perspective, it can change us. And that is what I am trying to accomplish by writing something every work day. By forcing myself to look for positives each day, I am forcing my perspectives to change, which hopefully will change by expectations.
I am thankful for the life I have, and am living. I don’t want to be anybody else. I am happy being me, troubles and all.
September 08, 2009
September 04, 2009
3 Year Old Voice Mail
How to Stay Positive in a “Challenging” World
I had this happen to me today, and it came at a good time. When I receive a voice mail message that I like, I save it. My voice mail system saves the message for 21 days, and then prompts me to resave it, or delete it. Today it prompted me to do this, and I listened to the message again, and smiled. It came at just the right time in my day. At the end of the message I realized that I have saved that message for over 3 years. I wonder, did I save it 3 years ago, so I could hear it today?
I had this happen to me today, and it came at a good time. When I receive a voice mail message that I like, I save it. My voice mail system saves the message for 21 days, and then prompts me to resave it, or delete it. Today it prompted me to do this, and I listened to the message again, and smiled. It came at just the right time in my day. At the end of the message I realized that I have saved that message for over 3 years. I wonder, did I save it 3 years ago, so I could hear it today?
September 03, 2009
Remember to Laugh
How to Stay Positive in a “Challenging” World
I’ve been out of the office these past few days on appointments, and have spent quite a bit of time in my car, which I enjoy. For whatever reason I began to think about my childhood, when times were different. My biggest worry was “Are we playing baseball or basketball today?”. I then began to think about all of the happy memories growing up, from the age of 8 to 10, then from 16-18, I’ll forget the years in between. I smiled as I was driving, and then I began to laugh, all by myself in my car, I began to laugh at what I thought was important, or what I was going to die from if it didn’t happen. So, now I remind you to think about your childhood, and your memories, and know that you survived then, you will survive now. Remember to laugh, it makes your body happy.
I’ve been out of the office these past few days on appointments, and have spent quite a bit of time in my car, which I enjoy. For whatever reason I began to think about my childhood, when times were different. My biggest worry was “Are we playing baseball or basketball today?”. I then began to think about all of the happy memories growing up, from the age of 8 to 10, then from 16-18, I’ll forget the years in between. I smiled as I was driving, and then I began to laugh, all by myself in my car, I began to laugh at what I thought was important, or what I was going to die from if it didn’t happen. So, now I remind you to think about your childhood, and your memories, and know that you survived then, you will survive now. Remember to laugh, it makes your body happy.
September 01, 2009
Lucky to Be Alive & Free
How to Stay Positive in a “Challenging” World
Have you seen what is happening in California? Fires, and it does not look like they are getting it under control. I know that when I first heard about the fires I thought, they always have fires in California. However, this is in a different area of the state, which has not had fires for 60 years. Then I thought of several things that maybe I had known, but not remembered.
Living here in the Midwest, I only worry about the occasional tornado, or flooding. Living here in the Midwest, our economy does not rise as high, or fall as low as other areas of the country. Our State is in terrible shape financially and politically, but it sounds like California is in even worse shape
I’m sure there are others, but that was enough for me to be thankful, and sometimes that is all I need to be reminded of, how lucky I am to be alive and free.
Have you seen what is happening in California? Fires, and it does not look like they are getting it under control. I know that when I first heard about the fires I thought, they always have fires in California. However, this is in a different area of the state, which has not had fires for 60 years. Then I thought of several things that maybe I had known, but not remembered.
Living here in the Midwest, I only worry about the occasional tornado, or flooding. Living here in the Midwest, our economy does not rise as high, or fall as low as other areas of the country. Our State is in terrible shape financially and politically, but it sounds like California is in even worse shape
I’m sure there are others, but that was enough for me to be thankful, and sometimes that is all I need to be reminded of, how lucky I am to be alive and free.
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