However, choose one thing. Choose one bright point, one beautiful sight, one kind comment, one smile; one tiny moment to be the definer of your day. Do not be defined by what is awful, wrong or disheartening. Choose to see the beauty, choose to remember a particular moment.
What could that be? This beautiful rose nestling amongst its white compatriots; a deepening rose-coloured sky? A smile from the stranger as you walk along the street; the benevolent stranger who picks up your suitcase at the bottom of the stairs on a crowded Tube platform, the unexpected melted chocolate bar you find festering in your handbag at a moment of ravenous hunger.
Choose that one moment, choose that joy or that respite from your woes or chores and let it define your day. Let it fill your thoughts like a tiny candle in the darkness and maybe, it will start to grow in power in your mind and overcome the doldrums.
Sending you love.
xx
P.S. for the record, my day wasn't like this, but I've been there and I know some of you have been there too.x
When I have a bad day, I try not to let it define the whole day because there are always something nice that will happen during the day.
ReplyDeleteBut you're right to think of one pleasant thing that happened.
Seeing a post from you is always a pleasant thing.
Smiles & hugs,
Julia
Wise words. And Julia is right, your blog is often my rainbow in a dull day x
ReplyDeleteYou've got such a kind heart, Kezzie. The world would be a better place if there were more like you in it. xxx
ReplyDeleteYes, it is so easy to let a bad day, or even just a bad moment ruin a day. We can't control these things but we can control the way in which we react to them. It's hard to focus on the good when things are going wrong, but it would be a useful thing to master x
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful post, Kezzie. It's a good idea to focus on a good thing that happened to you when having one of those days ... xxx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful post there! I like to think about all the things I am grateful for when I am in a bad mood. Usually, it is much more than just one :D
ReplyDeleteSending much love!
Xx
Rosa Larissa Klara
conscious lifestyle of mine
Kezzie - this is a brilliant and thoughtful post.
ReplyDeleteSo important to focus on the positive
All the best Jan
Such a positive message.
ReplyDeleteLisa x
what a beautiful post! I do believe in that philosophy that even though every day might not be beautiful, there is beauty in every day...we can always find something good...if we try hard enough! Lovely message.
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