Mindset is everything, it changes how we perceive people, places, and experiences. Have you ever watched a movie and with another person and made up an opinion on a character and the person that you were watching it with had an entirely different opinion on the character? On the last season of The Bachelor, my opinion differed greatly between my mother's on the winner, Whitney. I saw her as a desperate girl who would gaze into the bachelors eyes and use mind control saying, "CHRIS I WANT TO HAVE YOUR BABIES (which she did actually say/referred to a number of times on the show)." My mother on the other hand saw her as sweet and just totally in love (even though its The Bachelor and he's dating 14 other women and they've only had like two dates of just the two of them, its grool...I guess...). Anyway I began to question if my poor view of Whitney is because it's winter, and I generally have a more negative mindset in winter. Generally I have more negative experiences in winter. I blame it on the fact that I hate living like a vampire, but the reality is I have more negative experiences in winter because I decide to have a negative mindset in the winter. I could totally change that if I wanted to.
In fact this morning I was feeling completely down, and this lady walked in whom talking to yesterday was upset because her coworker told her she looked bad--when she came through the door I became very animated and over the top telling her she looked great--she laughed and said that I should do that to everyone that came though there today. And you know what? I did. I became over the the top enthusiastic to the next three people that walked though the door and it made everyone laugh. All the sudden I felt incredibly positive, happy, and up beat. I don't why I've never thought of acting goofy when I'm feeling down-it never occured to me that being happy is a decision that you can make. And if it really is this easy to be happy then I'm going to decide to be happy every day. It sounds cliche but life really is about how you make it and the decisions that you make--and it's short so make it count. :)
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