HANGING AROUND POSITIVE PEOPLE AND ALL
THAT STUFF
Did you know that five minutes of
negative thinking takes 24 hours to recover from? Just think about all the
people you’ve been hanging out with? Do they sap your energy? Do they make
you tired just thinking about them and their problems?
I know there are some of you are
exhausted at the end of the day just because of who you have come in contact
with. Not only that, we all experience 100 abrasive incidents a day—that’s
3000 a month. It could be anything—red lights, someone using your car and
not replacing the gas, going to the fridge and what you wanted is gone
because someone else ate it.
It doesn’t take much to put you
in a “funky” mood so it’s important you put the right kind of events and
people in your life on a continuous basis.
Make up your mind right now that
you’ll change the influences in your life so you can see through clearer,
more positive lenses. I know you can’t live in utopia, and nasty people and
things will continue to walk in your path, but it really is true that what
happens to you doesn’t determine your outlook on life. Your attitude is
determined by how you cope with what happens to you. And how you’re able to
cope is partly controlled by who and what you surround yourself with.
When you look in the mirror, who
do you see? A lively spunky old broad who kicks butt, or an old woman who
no longer dances or wears purple? More importantly, do you like the person
you see?
SOB’s let negative people and
events take only minor time and thought processes from them because they
know the makeup time isn’t worth it. When you surround yourself with folks
who are motivating, enthusiastic and happy, you become the same way. When
you refuse to let negative events change your life, you can see them in
proper perspective.
You need to stay away from
negative elements so you can get up in the morning with a smile on your face
and happiness in your heart. Make your entire day a pleasurable one. When
you are true to yourself and what’s important to you, you will accomplish
your deepest desires and be your happiest.
I know you believe life is what
happens as you’re making other plans, and perhaps that’s true, but to a
large degree you are the only one who controls that life. You are in charge
of what and who enters your life. We can’t always choose our family, but we
can choose our friends and the events we partake of.
If you don’t like them, get rid
of them. |