This morning's Message From God had some great tidbits in it:
On this day, God wants you to know...For most of the last couple of months, I've been caught like a fly in amber negativity. Sure, I've had reason to be—I've had some pretty negative experiences (but really, who hasn't?)—but that doesn't mean it was the right thing to dwell on the negative. Sure, it's understandable, natural, all too human...but that doesn't mean it is right. Negativity doesn't do anything to eliminate negativity; rather, it reinforces it.
... that today is going to be a great day.
Don't start your day with a negative attitude. It's hard to understand why so many people wake up each morning feeling defeated when each day holds so much potential. The possibilities that today offers are endless, so eagerly anticipate wonderful happenings. It's easy to let blessings go by unnoticed if you're not looking.
The best counter to negativity is positivity (and not just or only a positive attitude, although it starts with that). A positive attitude—an optimistic and hopeful attitude—go a long way toward eliminating the negative, but once that attitude is in place, action gets the job done.
Over the last couple of weeks, although I hadn't actually consciously decided what I was going to do with my future, the decision to just go was crystalizing in my subconscious mind, and people noticed. They may not have known what my decision was—some may not have known there was a decision pending—but as that decision worked its way into my psyche, my demeanor changed. People started saying things like, "You look more relaxed," "You glow," "Your smile is back." And once I bought my one-way ticket and committed myself in deed to this path, the effect became even more pronounced.
Even amid the stresses and sorrow that accompany the decision, I feel my heart lifting. I've cast off the burden of negativity I've been carrying for months, now.
I don't know how this adventure is going to turn out. I don't think that's knowable at this point in the journey. All I know is this: by acting on a positive impulse (albeit one stimulated by an incredibly negative experience), I am reaping dividends of the soul.
So "don't start your day with a negative attitude" (no matter how justified you are in having one). Find optimism and hope. "The possibilities that today offers are endless, so eagerly anticipate wonderful happenings." Don't "let blessings go unnoticed" because "you're not looking."
Keep your eyes open; blessings are all around you: in people, in places, in things.
And if you what you see in your path isn't what you want, change course! I'm not saying you should quit your job, rent your house, and move to Hawai`i without any specific prospects (although I'm not saying you shouldn't); what I'm saying is, act on positive impulses, on optimism and hope. Act to change your destiny... it isn't predetermined and you can remake it (and yourself) whenever you choose.
Look at me. Those of you who know me know that I tend to be risk-averse; that I tend to put others' needs ahead of my own; that I tend to accomodate myself to others' plans and intentions; that I tend to adapt and get along, rather than act and move along. But those are my proclivities, not my destiny. When adequately provoked, even a mouse can roar and a leopard can change its spots. If you don't like who you are or where you are going, change!
For me, right now, nothing could be worse than not trying to change. For me, it feels healthier to fail spectacularly attempting something magnificent (the risk I run) than it would to succeed modestly attempting mediocrity.
As I posted in One Foot on a Banana Peel a while ago, My Awesome Life really is awesome. I'm awesome. And so are you (or if you aren't, you can and should be). There's nothing awesome about wallowing in negativity.
Cast off the negative and be awesome. I'm doing it and it's... well, it's awesome!
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