Some questions I have posted are whether your
dreams are being pursued and if you are taking ground towards achieving them.
Even if you are only gaining ground by miniscule amounts, you are still gaining
ground. I also asked what voices you are listening to and to stop the
negativity that is rife around us. I have encouraged you to be an encourager. I
have been reading a book about Aaron Kennard called “The Positive Thinking
Secret”. Aaron was a healthy man who was also a pretty good runner. He was a
husband and a father. A typical happy family. He was suddenly and drastically struck
down with ulcerative colitis that caused him unimaginable pain and suffering.
His remedy to push through that time was to believe that through every terrible
experience, there is an equally positive outcome.
“We
are all free to choose our thoughts, which control all of our experiences. And
regardless of our circumstances, we always have the freedom to choose the way
we think. Certainly outside circumstance, people, events, etc. influence our
thoughts and thinking. But ultimately it is up to us to decide what to think
and how to think it. We get to decide whether to accept or reject a thought.”
The words he wrote sunk in as firm
confirmation of the thoughts I have been posting in my blog the past two weeks.
Now that we can identify the thoughts, accept or reject them to create a more
positive outlook, I ask now, what are you doing to improve yourself? It’s one thing to be on the defensive and ward
off the negativity but let’s take it a bolder stance and develop so much
positivity and light in the world that there are no shadows or dark recesses
for negativity to creep in.
Every day presents an opportunity, to
either go to bed being exactly the same as when you woke up or to grab the experiences
and time you have been gifted with, to become a better version of yourself. This
can be achieved in a number of capacities, physical health and wellbeing, mental
prowess, spiritual development and positive relationship development, to name a
few areas which I am currently working on. Being a sporty type of person, I
value physical health and place a large priority and a generous portion of my
time towards improvement in this area. The relationship category however, tends
to be harder work for me and often is neglected. We all have different make-ups and will prioritise
things differently, but the key is to find a balance so all these areas are
attended to in some degree, without one becoming an obsession and another being
completely neglected. This takes some effort but I encourage you to identify
your key areas and to spend time each day improving yourself in these, and you’ll
find that you actually like yourself a whole lot more and also respect yourself
for making a positive difference.
The happiness within yourself will also permeate
and be evident to those around you. This, in turn, would then have a positive
effect on them too.
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