are essential. And I love that you took the time to write about this seemingly simple, yet undeniably complex concept.

Tomorrow is another day.
It can only go up from here.
Everything happens for a reason.
If you fail, try and try again.
I think I can :)

It is a mystery why we let one failure set us back. Or define us. Or paralyze us. Even if it’s two or three or a hundred. So be it.

Bad days turn into wonderous days, if we follow our hearts.

(((((((SG))))))

How about turning something negative into something postive? That is a very real possibility that can be made into a reality.

This takes a lot of work, but it’s worth it if we can hunker down and just try.

Thank you for full bucket in today’s well of optimism!

Great post!

The benefits of positivity seem obvious, but we can take even negative situations and find empowerment through them.

And if you allow yourself to give up because of a negative situation and/or another person’s negativity, then you allow the situation and/or person to defeat you.

Of course, not giving up doesn’t necessitate tit for tat, but curling up in a ball in hiding a corner doesn’t help much either.

Sometimes the negativity I’ve faced, has caused me to respond in a likewise manner. It’s not something I like to do, or feel proud of doing afterwards, even if I might feign otherwise at the time. It’s just that things get built up inside, and then it’s like there’s need for a release, and so then a burst comes. And then things get said that shouldn’t be, and so I guess the key is to find a release by another means.

Again not allowing the negative perp to have you lower yourself to their level, because I think sometimes that’s what they’re counting on. So, they can point their fingers back at you. It’s best to let the childish attention seeking individuals have their own farting contests without me. And sure, that sounds negative too, but it’s far less negative than what I could say about it, if I thought about it enough. But I’d rather not think about it that much.

I guess I’d rather just take a stand, and then if I see that it’s futile, that it doesn’t change people’s words or actions, but that nothing they are doing is really causing any tangible harm; and when it seems I’m talking to brick walls, then turn the tables, and have them talk to the brick walls. Have them carry on their farting contests without me. Then they can still point their finger, but 3 more will be pointed back at them. That’s better than doing things I shouldn’t be, or saying things I shouldn’t out of some tit for tat. _{or things I’ve promised not to.}

I can’t be perfect, I just try to be the best Dan I can be.

The thing about the bad stuff, is 99% of it is temporary and will be resolved one way or another. :-)

And you are a wonderful person SG, even if you are a humble womderful person. You’re still a wonderful person.

Oddly, this is one time where living in the moment is a good thing and a bad thing. In this situation we have to live in the moment, but also be mindful that other moments will follow and be better than this one. Writing this has made me question whether “living in the moment” may have it’s exceptions. I like the stimulation of new thought on this.

Yes. I think you’ve really nailed on this here. I am one of those people who like to sit in a “living in the moment” state that is equal to a state of “things will never change from the way they are right now”. And of course, that is its own sort of judgment, rather than just allowing things to flow, as they always do.

Ponder… ponder…

...differ from “moodiness?”

that I use on really bad days. I look up skyward and say, quite seriously, “Is this the worst you’ve got? Well, c’mon then. Bring it. Bring more of it!”

Almost immediately, I feel much lighter and less burdened by whatever it was that was getting me down. I know I can handle whatever life tosses my way, and then some. Invariably, as you note, things do get better, too. Namaste.