photo credit: stevendepolo
You know – it’s getting harder to do with every day that passes. Remaining positive that is. I mean it. There is so much going on around me that is negative, I have literally stopped answering my phone unless it is my mother. Or my daughter. Or my sons. Well, I have almost stopped answering the phone…
I had a phone call this morning and all I could think of was, “Well, when is this person going to say something positive?” I mean, they have been around me long enough to know that I earnestly believe that what we focus on expands. Focus on the good, you get more of that. Focus on the bad and, well, you get more of the negative stuff.
After the phone call (and, no, there was nothing uplifting or redeeming about any of that conversation) I went outside with a fresh cup of coffee and just sat quietly, looking at my plants. You know, the ones I thought I had burned up with too much fertilizer a couple of weeks ago? They are getting huge! They are thriving despite the over-watering, mega-fertilizing and, some days, neglect. They are growing “past” whatever is done to them.
Good lesson. Despite what’s going on around me I have to “grow” past it. And remember to focus on the good – oh, and sometimes just breathe.
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