Recently, more and more, I have come to believe that we have more control over our environment and our lives than we think. I am convinced, in fact, that our attitude will determine not only the kind of day we, and those around us, will have, but also, whether we will have a good and successful day or not. I am convinced that people around us react and respond to us.
Who has not reacted to someone who looks unhappy by asking, 'What is the matter?' or 'What happened to you?". Few of us, however, question a smiling, and we assume, happy person about what their problem might be. We may actually feel more cheerful ourselves having encountered them.
Sometimes, something or other leaves us feeling uncomfortable or uneasy. Most of us when encountering someone who is grouchy in the morning ask them how they are feeling. We assume they slept poorly or something else is bothering them. We seek a reason why they are grouchy or seem unhappy instead of rested and cheerful as they begin a new day. Often, in fact, if they seem particularly grouchy, we might eventually ask them, out of exasperation and impatience with their negative attitude, whether they 'got up on the wrong side of the bed'.
How you wake up and prepare to face the day and how you respond to people around you will make or break your day in terms of feeling you are having a good day. In addition, it will likely effect, directly or indirectly, many people you encounter throughout the day as they pick up on a less than positive outlook from you.
I have said before, that SMILING IS ADDICTIVE AND CONTAGIOUS, so is a grumpy, miserable attitude coming at us from those we encounter. While those you meet who are like this are likely experiencing their own problems that likely have nothing to do with us, we as human beings are likely to pick up on the mood around us.
How much better it would be for all of us to be putting out a good feeling rather than dumping our bad ones upon some hapless individual who has the misfortune of meeting us.
It is obviously better for us, and everyone around us, to be aware that we have some control over our moods. I just wish those around us who have decided to have a bad day, didn't feel the need to consciously or unconsciously pass it on to everyone they met.
If you want to turn your day, and ultimately your life around, start with how you approach the day and those you meet. No one will ask us what is wrong when we are smiling. Something to think about.
Tuesday 8 July 2014
Monday 7 July 2014
JOIN ME IN THE HERE AND NOW
Good Afternoon, lovely day isn't it? Most of us have put on our sandals, lighter clothing and have been enjoying all of the new iced drink creations we can lay our hands on. Hooray for summer!
Most Diets start either at the beginning of a month, or if not then, at the beginning of a week, i.e. a Monday. Aw, well too bad it's already Monday afternoon because now it's too late to start the diet today. I guess I'll have to wait until next Monday now. A bit of a shame, but, that will be better.
Do you see what I'm doing? I am not the only one either. I have just rationalized another whole week before I will begin a Diet. It's not just a female thing relating to diets (as most diets usually are). Male or female, you and I can think up a pile of excuses about why something can't be started today. One of these things, by the way, is why we are not consciously living in the present, in THE HERE AND NOW.
I am asking myself when I plan to change this; not today I tell myself, it's too late for today. Maybe tomorrow. If not tomorrow, soon. As soon as I can. Will this be the day after tomorrow, next week, next month, next year...or ever? Thinking about it this way, can I admit that something I started now might have been almost finished while I was writing this? Instead it, and a lot of other things beside will stay on the TO DO list for another day, someday, maybe always some other day.
I think instead, that I am finally going to come and live in July 2014 and put the past where I have been living up till now (for probably a long time), behind me where it belongs.
I am making a decision to consciously live in the HERE AND NOW...the present, starting now. Notice I didn't say, tomorrow, or later or, as soon as I can. The reason I refuse to let myself do that is, otherwise tomorrow and many future tomorrows, I will still be doing the same old thing.
Instead, I can open my eyes and look around me. Who knows what I might see instead. I think actually that the present and future can actually rock and also be the beginning of the rest of our lives if we let them.
Never mind all the reasons why we need to relive yesterday and somehow make it magically come out another/better way. Instead why not start now to live the way we want to with what we actually can make work out the way we want it to...THE HERE AND NOW?
Join me in THE PRESENT. I'll let you know how it's working out and maybe you will contact me and tell me how your day is going. You will be welcome, because I'll finally have the time free that memories of the past were eating up of my present time for far too long.
Most Diets start either at the beginning of a month, or if not then, at the beginning of a week, i.e. a Monday. Aw, well too bad it's already Monday afternoon because now it's too late to start the diet today. I guess I'll have to wait until next Monday now. A bit of a shame, but, that will be better.
Do you see what I'm doing? I am not the only one either. I have just rationalized another whole week before I will begin a Diet. It's not just a female thing relating to diets (as most diets usually are). Male or female, you and I can think up a pile of excuses about why something can't be started today. One of these things, by the way, is why we are not consciously living in the present, in THE HERE AND NOW.
I am asking myself when I plan to change this; not today I tell myself, it's too late for today. Maybe tomorrow. If not tomorrow, soon. As soon as I can. Will this be the day after tomorrow, next week, next month, next year...or ever? Thinking about it this way, can I admit that something I started now might have been almost finished while I was writing this? Instead it, and a lot of other things beside will stay on the TO DO list for another day, someday, maybe always some other day.
I think instead, that I am finally going to come and live in July 2014 and put the past where I have been living up till now (for probably a long time), behind me where it belongs.
I am making a decision to consciously live in the HERE AND NOW...the present, starting now. Notice I didn't say, tomorrow, or later or, as soon as I can. The reason I refuse to let myself do that is, otherwise tomorrow and many future tomorrows, I will still be doing the same old thing.
Instead, I can open my eyes and look around me. Who knows what I might see instead. I think actually that the present and future can actually rock and also be the beginning of the rest of our lives if we let them.
Never mind all the reasons why we need to relive yesterday and somehow make it magically come out another/better way. Instead why not start now to live the way we want to with what we actually can make work out the way we want it to...THE HERE AND NOW?
Join me in THE PRESENT. I'll let you know how it's working out and maybe you will contact me and tell me how your day is going. You will be welcome, because I'll finally have the time free that memories of the past were eating up of my present time for far too long.
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