I was wanting to write something annoyingly positive today. Something that matches the way I am feeling at this moment. And then I remembered…
Being positive is annoying! Haha. I mean it is but fuck it!
In a world addicted to negativity it can feel like being a foreigner in a distant land talking sunshine and rainbows. But who doesn’t love sunshine and rainbows?? I mean, I know people that hate sunshine and I’m sure someone out there could smack talk rainbows with the best of them. Because an addiction to negativity can feed a toxic soul.
Oh shoot! Did I offend? Please forgive me. Or don’t.
Wow, negativity is draining. And life takes a lot of energy to live. I have come to a point where I want to preserve my energy at all costs. There are days when I have the freedom to simply enjoy my life and during those days, I want to have a pool of abundant energy to pull from.
I desire an entire inground pool of it! Glistening sparkling energy. Top quality!
And when my pool is drained the amazing thing I have learned that I can do is change my perception and magically it’s filled once again.
Ahhhhhhh that refreshing feeling of a positive way of seeing things.
So why do we resist it so desperately? Clinging to the negative. Even when presented with numerous alternatives, and highly positive perspectives, we so easily reject them all and remain in our pile of shit.
Meaghan and I recently discussed “the victim mentality” on episode 19 Dismantling the Victim Mentality of our Sipping Reality Podcast. It’s such an important topic. And after discussing it my focus the past week has turned even more toward the positive side of things.
All things are neutral until we place value on it. Therefore, perception is a choice.
Darn it, way to slap me in the face with responsibility. Oh yeah, I love slapping (reference Sipping Reality X for more info on that!)
I would say I hate responsibility and yet I thrive in it. Oh gosh, really, is that just perception also? Haha. Now I’m on a roll.
But on a more positive note, I want to share that my life has drastically improved since stepping out of the victim mentality and entering into a positive perception of even the more challenging aspects of my life. I would say consistently since childhood, I have become more and more a positive person, but until two years ago I never broke free from the victim mentally. I’ve been keeping two feet in and maybe just had a hand out and only when things were going in my favor, of course.
I could be bogged down by the responsibility and personal accountability I have realized there is in my perception, or again, I have the choice, to choose a positive perception and experience the amazing twists and turns that life is. Excited for each day and no longer fearing the worries of yesterday and the non-existent made-up problems of my future. It has freed my mind to focus on remaining positive in this moment. Which is truly all we have.
So find it annoying or don’t, but I look forward to many years of being annoyingly positive!
Until Next Time,
Jill
