I'm in a good mood today. This lovely day...with its refreshing coldness and exciting dullness. Today the world looks like an amazing challenge to be conquered. Some days, it's the opposite however, and I perceive the world as being against me.
I remember vividly one day when I was at School, and I was listening cynically to a motivational speaker. A volunteer was made to stretch his arm out, parallel to the floor, and think about positive thoughts. The speaker then gently pushed his arm down, but the volunteer resisted and his arm stayed up. He then repeated this exercise, but instead, the volunteer thought about sad, negative thoughts and when pushed, his arm fell. This made me realise that positive thinking can make a difference, and I made a conscious effort to stay positive.
To this day, I remain this way in most situations, but I have days where the world looks bleak and I'm guilty of infecting everyone I see with a bad mood. (Can I get away with blaming this on hormnes?)
People always start in January with a positive attitude, and use the excuse that ‘it’s a new year’, to feel upbeat about everything, put all their energy into tasks, and see more silver linings. But as soon as something slightly goes wrong, their whole life suddenly becomes a pointless disaster.
It seems that positivity is acquired easily, but for most people, it comes in short bursts, and then we’re back to our old ways. Maybe I’m generalising my observations to make excuses for myself, put I’m certainly positive that I’m not the only one guilty of temperamental optimism.
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