To start each week on a good note, we should all try and read an inspiring quote. This is why I want to include as many quotes as possible on this blog.
But we should really be doing this everyday, every morning even!
We do set our mood for the day the moment we wake up. If you wake up, look outside, you think it looks grey and cold and you don't want to go to work... I can tell you now: you are going to hate your day!
You need to think of something positive to get you started for the day in the most positive way. Give yourself a list of things you love about your life, right now. Tell yourself 5 things you look forward to doing today. Think of 5 positive things about yourself... That's step n1.
It's not always easy to stay positive. But being positive isn't just thinking that everything should go well, and be happy and that's that. The true art of being positive, is also of letting go. Of letting things be. When things go wrong, and they often do, it's easy to start hating the world, and blaming people or things for it. What you need to do is to start letting go. Especially the little things to start with, they are the easiest ones, like the traffic, or something just as trivial. Complaining, as much as it might relieve you momentarily from your stress, is not going to bring around more positivity. On the contrary, you'll attract even more negativity. And so letting go, becomes your step n2!
Now I have an exercise for you to do, if you think you are a negative person, and tend to complain a lot.
Find an elastic band or a bracelet you can wear easily around your wrist. It needs to be something you can take on and off easily. I'll explain why.
As you go through the day, be aware of how many times you start complaining about something, say something negative about someone or something. Each time you do notice yourself thinking/saying something, take your band off, and put it on the other wrist. Observe just how many times the band waltzes from one arm to the other!
You'll start noticing what really kicks you off: people, traffic, being late, rushing... once you notice that, we're on to step 3!
Do something about it. You hate getting stuck in rush hour traffic? Set your alarm to half an hour earlier and avoid the traffic. For each of the things that annoy you, there will be a solution. It's then your job to do something about it.
And to end this article, here is a quote for you to think about: "Let it be, open and bright like the sky, without taking sides, with no clouds of concepts." Longchenpa (1308-1364)
On that note... Have a good week :)
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