"I just wanted to say that I really enjoy reading your good things post everyday :) Seems like a good thing to do."
Thanks! Sometimes it is difficult to do this, if I'm having a bad day or bad things are happening. Forcing myself to participate in this exercise though usually reminds me that things could always be worse, and despite what's going on at the time I'm very fortunate. I think there is often beauty in our lives that we just don't see because we get hung up on other stuff. That's not to say that we should stick our head's in the sand either . . . but our thinking is what gives power to negative emotion more than the situations we find ourselves in.
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Date: 2009-12-22 01:50 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-12-22 01:54 pm (UTC)Thanks! Sometimes it is difficult to do this, if I'm having a bad day or bad things are happening. Forcing myself to participate in this exercise though usually reminds me that things could always be worse, and despite what's going on at the time I'm very fortunate. I think there is often beauty in our lives that we just don't see because we get hung up on other stuff. That's not to say that we should stick our head's in the sand either . . . but our thinking is what gives power to negative emotion more than the situations we find ourselves in.