Ok, so every now and then I have thoughts (surprising huh?) that I want to share in the hopes that it will help someone else... Being positive. Because of the New Year and resolutions - youre about to be inundated with motivational/inspirational posts informing you that you need to just be positive and to change your mindset. Well heres something that Ive learned over the course of forty four years ( and Im open to learning more).... living a positive life doesnt mean that you are always smiling, chipper, happy, confident, glowing rainbows from your eyes. Being positive doesnt mean that you never cry. It doesnt mean that you sometimes feel depressed and cant get out of the bed. It doesnt mean that you dont fail. Being positive looks different for different people. Ill share a personal secret... a therapist told me some time ago that for me to be happy - I had to stop pretending to be happy. Does that make sense to you? I needed to take off the mask, get real and deal with things that were negative in order to have a TRULY positive life. Being Positive is not just something you wake up to every day...its work, it can be scary, it takes courage. You have to fight for it - you cant just BE positive... you have to LIVE positive, which means enjoying highs yet knowing that you are strong enough to face the lows - with a smile OR with tears. Living positive is knowing that there is another day to get it all right. Whatever that looks like
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:56:48 +0000
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