For today, I will focus on not focusing on negativity. While there is evil and ugliness in our world and in others, I will try to remind myself to first continue to keep my eyes wide open for these things, especially where it concerns my children, but to also and very importantly, focus on the good in the world and in others.
So often, negativity wins attention… the child in the classroom who is acting out, the person at the party who is loudest and most inappropriate and then on a greater scale, those who are committing acts of evil and of hatred. Aren’t those the headlines we read, remember and repeat over others?
While being cognizant of these things is crucial to our awareness and even our well being and safety, too much so can make a person paranoid and unobservant of all that is good.
Today, I will remind myself that most people are genuine and good. Most people are really trying to do their best, in relationships, in parenting, in work-styles, in communications, even in driving!
What I can do and will strive to do is to acknowledge that as often as possible, and in doing so, it just may ease my stress and also perpetuate positivity and goodwill… which, in turn, will make us all able to live and to be better.
~K
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