Good Morning Peeps!
This morning here in Nashville the temp is a low 42 degrees and wet from last nights rain, but the great news is that I am alive and kicking after having a great night of rest. Not to mention my Hazelnut coffee tastes great!
Yesterday at work I was on the phone with one of my vendors and he made me laugh with his observation of me on the phone. The conversation started with me asking how he was doing. He said it's another day but it is what it is! I countered with reasons for it not being just another day. Determined to help him see the positive Silver Linings and that today is not just another day, but a new day full of opportunities. He said to me....oh....so your one of those half cup full kind of people. I laughed and said...yes I am....then I continued to say....I don't see the purpose or reason to want it half empty when I can have it half full. This way I still get to see the better side of the day and feel better inside of me. He laughed and said....well I guess my perspective just changed....never thought about it that way. I laughed and that was the end of our conversation.
I also was talking with someone else on a deep level about our self driven motives to make the most of our time that is given to us. Seems even though we had two different stories, they both were driven by the same energy, to not let it effect either one of us in a negative way. He said he has been like that his whole life. I said....not me....on the contrary I had to work very hard to change my mind set while also learning to see 10 positives to my one negative. It took me a long time to get there. I wrote in my Journal everyday, worked on self help healing through written projects taken from the Artist Way and Therapy. I started that journey in 2005 and worked on it daily along with changing my Life patterns. See....it isn't easy to take the steps to turn about change, but the path taken is an awesome Adventure full of self discoveries. I am so glad that I took the time and energy to work the steps needed to help make a happier and better me.
Granted....this is an on going process and part of Life because people change, situations change, and mind set changes. Life is full of changes that we can't avoid and we always have a cause an effect mentally and emotionally depending on the changes that effect each of us personally. When you practice using these tools everyday. It becomes easier to roll with the changes or go with the flow. Which ever cliche you choose to use. I still have to practice, because my life is going through different kinds of changes as I get older and deal with new cause and effects. Strange and new waters I am treading, but the concept and tools I have gained help to guide me through each and every step of the way. Not to mention the most important thing, remembering that I'm not alone and keeping my Faith. After all we are living in an era of Faith. Seeing and believing even if you can't see with the physical eye.
So imagine this, if i fill my cup half full with just having Faith, imagine how full my cup becomes when I add my Silver Linings....the things i can see. Like on a dark cloudy day, knowing that the Sun will come out again, the sun will rise and the sun will set. The beauty of the world all around me starts with my view and perception of what's outside my own window and starts within me.
Peeps have an awesome Wednesday and I will catch you on the flipside!
Tonya Noga
