The Art of being positive

It is so easy to wake up in the morning and groan that you don’t want to go to work or school, it’s too hot, it’s too cold, there is going to be too much traffic, and so on and so on you get the point.

From now let’s start thinking differently. Wake up with a smile on your face, be grateful you have a job or school to go too, that you have the sensors in your body able to detect different temperatures and take the scenic route and enjoy a little bit of traffic so you can sit back and take the beauty of your surrounds in.

I am one of those people that believes in ‘ don’t stress about the things you can’t change and rather concentrate on the things you can change.’ When you shout and hoot at another driver or flick them the bird, who does it affect more? You or the other driver? By the time you drive off I personally predict that most of the other drivers have forgotten their “wrong doing” yet you still are going on about them driving to slowly or doing that illegal U-turn. That negativity will stick with you for a lot longer.

Our neighbourhood is experiencing a huge power outage causing many fridges/freezers to defrost. I personally woke up going “shit not again” The water from the freezer had gone all down our passage into our bedroom. Really not ideal. I got up and went to investigate. Assessed the situation and thought ” I actually wanted to defrost the freezer (I absolutely hate doing it), so yay it all got done for me and I just need to clean the floor!”

So many things influence our daily lives and set our emotions into action. It’s how we as humans deal with it that is the test. In our household, we are not the perfect house trust me, we have realised positivity breeds positivity and negativity breeds negativity. Try looking on the bright side of life and ” Don’t sweat the small stuff” Yes there are times when we become negative but we just need to learn how to deal with it.

When someone insults you or your loved one, your reaction determines what your character is. Is it something that will change your life now, in 5 years, 10 years or further on? Does it have the power to ruin your day? If the answer is no then let it slide. Out on your big girl panties and flash a smile and walk on. What you do after you have walked on is up to you but the person that hurt you will not know the wiser. It saves your saying anything back and maybe saying something you regret. If this insult will affect you in the next few years, take a break, breathe and try be calm. You will notice you won’t be half as negative as you were before.

I challenge you, yes you the one reading this post to share in the positivity. Share a smile to the lady on the street. Tell someone they look beautiful or handsome, and just be positive! This world will be a better place.