Today I'm feeling great about myself and my life. And I didn't even have to reach a state of perfection for this to happen! Seriously, this is the way my mother thought all her life - that once she achieved the next "thing" she wanted, she could finally be happy. The problem she apparently never saw was that there is always another "thing" you could want. I've unfortunately tended to adopt a version of this type of thinking but as opposed to achieving some "thing", for me it is resolving/fixing/removing some "thing" that is perceived as a negative impact on my life. I realize now that I can't always control negative things happening in my life but the key is to face it, not dismiss it or deny it. Acknowledging this puts me in a state of being able to decide what my intention is from that point on and choosing goodness.

This has recently had a favorable impact on my life after being in the dumps for some time. Being faced with a negative situation calls first for acknowledgement, then a conscious choice to be made as to your intent. Choosing goodness has brought me goodness I am happy to say.

That sounds wonderful Dyna. I will try that tonight since the positivity I feel is still fresh in my mind/being. That would be wonderful to spread that around to a deeper unconscious level, hopefully long-lasting and even permanent.

The only thing that seems to work for me is accomplishing something. I've always been goal-oriented like that.

It doesn't have to be anything momentous, just some accomplishment and I feel better.

I've been congratulating myself on making changes. That seems to make them stick.

Jump ship. Get on the rescue boat leading to the shore of a different island. View the old, creaky boat off in the distant harbor. Then celebrate all the new stuff to discovery on this recovery island. Let my brain discover what is new today as the reward chemicals flow and fill in the thirty ruts from long ago.

When I do good singing I share with my teacher. She is very life affirming and let's me share even the smallest success.

Like yesterday, during soloist practice, the director stops after mine and says, "that is the first time I have heard the words to that song, you all need to learn better diction from Sunny".
My teacher was very proud. She will remind me to feel good about my successes.

For me to listen to music; yes 1970's, 80's on up!!
I have all my life enjoyed the music; it helped me to "feel" something inside me. ( where I was dead inside.)
Right now I'm rockin' to the 80's on my laptop. Aretha Franklin ;," We are ridin on the freeway of love in a Pink Cadillac!"

Believe me, it does not take much to amuse me. One HUGE thing I learned about myself at an early age; and I (figured out by myself), is to be able to be relatively content and happy with the little things in life. In other words , simple.

hmgm, I'm with you there on goodness.

And Just to BREATHE.