"Some Random Positive Thoughts"

 

View from a Window

~"To a wonderful May full of sunshine, fresh air & healing." -Laura Koniver MD

I love being out on beautiful, warm days, so I take breaks to be outside in between writing on my book which is due by the end of this month. It will hopefully be published in June.

Since I have limited time right now, I'm writing a blog post today which is short, but hopefully sweet!

Here are some random positive thoughts-

~I often like sitting on our front porch on a nice day for a few minutes. Rather than sitting and trying to meditate in a traditional way with my eyes closed, I prefer to observe things around me, to take in the sights and sounds of my surroundings. I enjoy the warmth of the sun, the fresh air, the beauty of nature, and birds sweetly singing and soaring through the air.

By taking breaks outside, I often come up with new ideas that really help me, either while sitting outside or a little while later.

I come up with ideas for my blog posts, my books, places to go, things to do, and not long ago, I suddenly thought about moving a small chair just around the corner from a small room to a larger room, and it has made a huge difference for us!

~ I try to stay away from negativity, like negative ads, negative PSAs, negative situations, and negative people! Things seem to go a lot better that way!

~On the other hand, it's good to listen to and watch positive things. One day, I heard Dana Perino talking about being positive, which was very inspiring. It makes you feel so much better when you watch and listen to things that are positive rather than negative.

As a little experiment, look at and listen to things for a few minutes that are negative, and then do the same for things that are positive. How did you feel after each one? Why dwell on the negative when we can live our lives positively? 

~Let's "Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative." -Johnny Mercer

What a great idea!

~Pet feature-

Happy birthday Mitzi! 

~Later this month our Mitzi will be 19 years old! Kallie was almost 17 and Kit-Cat is eight. We love all of our babies. They are very special!

~Another important day this month is this Sunday, May 10-

Happy Mother's Day!

Greg and I remember our special mothers and grandmothers, and we wish mothers everywhere a wonderful day of celebration!

~Next month, excerpts from my new book!

~Positive thought- "The blessings of life are everywhere, in the small moments, in the simple fact that we are here....beauty is always present, waiting to be noticed." -Malte Marten Music

Thanks for visiting! Until around Saturday, June 6, 2026, Becky

Some Ways to Be Happier and More Positive

Welcome!

It seems that we're bombarded with negativity these days, but we can't let it take hold of us and steal our joy.

I'd like to share some things that have personally helped me be happier and more positive.*

Here they are, in no certain order:

-The first thing that comes to mind is that Greg and I try to stay away from all of the negativity of television. We are very selective of the little bit of TV that we do watch. If you feel worse from having watched a certain program, you might decide that it's just not worth your time to watch it! I personally like to feel uplifted, not drug down!

When we do watch TV, it's a quality show like "The Andy Griffith Show." (Also, we're getting a pretty good collection of DVD's from other old TV shows that we really enjoy.) We also like "The Weather Channel" which is very educational.

A good alternative to the regular news, we think, is "The Weather Channel"'s www.weather.com on the Internet.

Besides giving the current weather in your own hometown or anywhere in the world, they have interesting news stories and videos, as well, such as "Most Incredible Roadside Attractions in Every State," and a touching video of a man rescuing a hapless kitten on a busy highway.

-Another thing that helps Greg and me is that we usually eat out only once a week unless we're on a long trip. By doing that, we can better control what we eat because when we eat at home, we know what's in our food which is important nowadays with so many food additives, pesticides, and GMO's that are in our food supply! ( Another great thing about eating at home is that it's less expensive!)

(The good news is that crusaders like Vani Hari [aka "Food Babe"] are causing several restaurants to clean up their act, and get rid of many of the additives and other bad stuff in our food. Thankfully, some restaurants, mostly local ones, now have organic, locally-grown choices which is fantastic.)

To us, eating healthy, organic food makes us feel happier and more positive.

-Trying to ignore and even stay away from negative people who don't honor you is another biggie in our book!

"...It doesn't matter what others say about you or feel about you. It's none of your business. Take away the power from people that would love to see you fail, by not caring what others think."
-Justin Chase Mullins, psychic

"If you surround yourself with positive people who build you up, the sky is the limit."
-Joel Brown

-Another positive idea for happiness is to talk with someone that you trust about things with which you need help. Sometimes we just need someone to listen to us. My favorite confidants are my soulmate, Greg, and sympathetic psychics. (A genuine psychic is really helpful since he or she knows exactly what's going on in any given situation.)

I could go on a lot longer with this since I have several more ideas about this important subject, but I'll end it for now. What I will do in a least the next few blog posts, is to share each time another way that has helped me to be happier and more positive before my usual "Positive thought" quote at the end.

In the meantime, you might want to try out some of my above suggestions for having a happier, more positive life, and/or you might even come up with some ideas of your own that you might like to try!

Be adventurous, and have fun with this.* Good luck!

*Hopefully the suggestions will help you, too, but we are all different, and I'm certainly not an expert on this subject. I'm not responsible for whatever you decide to do.

Positive thought: "Positive thinking evokes more energy, more initiative, more happiness."-www.inspirationalquoteslog.com
Thanks for visiting! Until Sunday, October 9, 2016, Becky