Cynicism, negativity, sarcasm are rampant in the world today. Is it any wonder depression and hopelessness seem such easy places for us to go when the chips are down?
Even when faced with the option to be positive, our brain often tells us to "face reality", take off the "rose-colored glasses", and to quit being a "Pollyanna".
These statements have been ingrained in our psyche by those who have fallen prey to meloncholy themselves. They may be trying to drag us back to "reality", but it is THEIR reality, not MINE, and not YOURS.
Anthony Robbins and others talk about the 7 day mental diet - a week of positive thinking. I suggest the One-Day-at-a-Time Mental Diet. Just try it TODAY. Write a one hundred percent positive journal page. Disallow any negative TV or news or people from your life. If a negativity appears, deal with it head on without dwelling on it, or look at it from a completely new perspective. Give yourself a choice, as I often do with my children: "I said no for now - you can either cry about it in your bed, or you can find something more fun to do".
Life is life, and negativity happens. What's YOUR choice?
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You write very well.
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