Guys, I’m back to work and back on to a project so I’m struggling now to type these, lool. Plus, that and my poor planning has meant that last week’s update is coming a bit late this week (apologies!).
Week 3 has been a roller coaster ride (why is it that when you set your mind to do something, you see so many setbacks?). I feel like now that I’ve set my mind to be positive, things keep coming up that are giving me reasons to not be joyful or positive. While that is one perspective, another part of me is also saying… this is what it’s about. It wouldn’t be a deliberate effort if there were no challenges. It wouldn’t be as satisfying, perhaps, if there were no obstacles to face and overcome. It’s because of these obstacles and setbacks that I have to be deliberate in my joy and deliberately seek out things to celebrate/be positive about and I think that, ultimately, that’s the point.
I’m learning that, tbh, life will always have less than desirable parts and aspects of it but, the true skill that I need to learn is to see the negative and choose to derive a positive from it. Joy, we can say, is not the absence of sadness but the ability to rejoice and find joy even in sad and trying times.
What are you joyful for today? Let me know below!
Final thoughts – positivity is a choice. If I don’t choose it, life will always give me a reason to be sad and down. ❤️
Ope O
ShineALight 
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