It’s very shocking when you believe that you are an optimist, but learn that you are really a pessimist. I mean when did this spirit of doubt, never wills, and hopelessness settle in? It’s like everything, no matter what; I can find the doubt in the situation, but that has to change. I remember the days of believing that everything was rainbows and cupcakes; feeling that the world was one big musical starring “ME”. Now it seems like the curtains have closed and the house dark forever (I hope my non-theater mOOdee fans got that…lol). So I have decided to push myself back into the land of optimistic living. On a journey to find the positive side of me that packed up and left without warning, but I have a little plan to get it back.
So, because its Friday; I want to jump start your weekend with a little activity. I hope everyone at least tried the activity from last Friday. I won’t bother to ask who did and who didn’t (inside joke) , but I want to help all who dare reach a place where you are totally happy and living your best life. Let me get out of my Iyanla bag and proceed with the activity. So this activity is a pessimist check; we will be dedicated to checking those toxic feelings at the door this weekend. The only coach you will have is yourself, so be completely honest with yourself. I know I will! So this is what we are going to do together:
Friday: Go 24 hrs. without complaining, fussing, or just simply venting. Try to find the positive in each and every situation that you feel is completely horrible. I know you think this is an easy task, but you have no idea. Note: How many times you had to check yourself. How many times you felt that pessimist feeling? How did you feel at the end of the 24 hrs. of pure optimism?
Saturday: Value the lessons your mistakes teach you. You just completed 24 hrs. of NO complaining and hopefully it was successful. Saturday is a new day that will bring a new challenge; use this challenge to see what life lessons can be learned from it. Remember theirs a lesson in everything we do, we just have to find it.
Sunday: Be more polite to yourself. We have become our worse critic. Social media has turned us into insecure, needy, attention hungry beings. That has to stop. So on Sunday you will be more kind to yourself! Love the imperfections and live in vanity, realizing all of the beautiful things that make you….YOU! It’s a very hard task to do, because most of us wake up to criticize ourselves before the world even realizes we are among the living. Stay alive and love on the beautiful being that you are. RuPaul said it best “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell you gonna be able to love someone else?” Use Sunday as your “Love Me” day.
I hope this activity helps someone. I feel that many of us forgot the beauty of life and the fearlessness of making a mistake. It’s suppose to happen and teach you a valuable lesson that will make the next step in life easier. Let’s be more optimist and loving especially of ourselves and then of those around. Rid your space of all that pessimist energy and throw that bag of blues in the garage. Have a rainbow and cupcake weekend!!!
Mood: Optimist
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