Posts Tagged ‘perspective’

My girlfriend (okay – I do it, too) spends quite a bit of energy trying to stay positive.

My very own abstract painting!

She puts on a good front.

And she doesn’t dwell on the negative.

The problem is that she isn’t really feeling positive.  She still has all the stressful thoughts and worrisome issues nagging at her.

They’re just inside and not so visible.

So, the million dollar question is – is she fostering a positive outlook by not giving voice to those negative thoughts and feelings?

I don’t think so.  And there’s research to back that up.

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In Part 1 of this blog series I confessed that the practice of gratitude has been one that I’ve not been able to sustain in the manner that I aspire to.

Practicing gratitude just isn’t as easy as I thought it would be.

And yet, the bottom line is the delightful word practice.

Oh yes, I’m practicing gratitude.  I’m working on it.

I’m a work in progress and so are all the things I’m practicing.  Big relief.

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To be perfectly honest, I’ve been feeling kinda cranky the last few weeks. I’m not seeing things in my usual positive mode.

No, I’m feeling rather grumpy, actually.  Sigh.

And then I realized that letting myself wallow in my crankiness wasn’t doing much for me.

I wasn’t venting and then moving on.  I wasn’t expressing my feelings and then letting them go.  Oh no.  Not the last few weeks.  No siree.  I’ve actually glowered and scowled at times lately.

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