I am so excited about starting this new year! Last year was amazing and I know this year is going to be even better! I have so great but challenging goals set and am starting off strong! Today, I started my Miracle Morning routine, which involves me getting up at 5 am each morning. This is MY time, my time to reflect, meditate, pray, write in my journal and keep up with my personal development. I got off to a great start this morning and am looking forward to keeping it up. It's amazing how good you can feel when you start your mornings off calmly and with reflection versus constant rushing around, which is how most of the rest of my days go.
Last year, I spent time focusing on thinking positive and pushing negative thoughts out of my head. This was a great practice and really transformed me. I found my self feeling happy and positive most of the time. Have you heard the saying, "Be careful what you think because your thoughts control your life." Proverbs 4:23 or how about this one, "Change your thoughts and you'll change your world." I totally, 100% believe this is true because I've seen it.
So, I've been contemplating this for a while...Have you noticed that other people's thoughts, words and actions can sometimes affect how you feel as well? They don't control my feelings but I do notice a difference in how i feel when i spend too much time with someone who is always so negative. I have actually made it a point to associate myself with negative people as little as possible. But here's the thing, they are everywhere and most certainly on Facebook! Now, I have a love/hate relationship for Facebook. I love it for the reasons i think it was designed for like; keeping in touch with family and friends that you don't see often, reconnecting with old friends, sharing pictures, etc. But the part I hate (hate is a strong word, dislike) is all the negativity that there is on fb. There is so much hatred in people's posts sometimes. I consider myself a very positive person but sometimes reading all that can bring you down or make you angry. I've considered staying off of fb and have cut down my time on there for sure. But the thing is, i enjoy getting on there occasionally and keeping up with some of my family and friends that i don't often see. I love seeing pics of my friends or cousins kiddos. I love getting inspiration from others. So, what's a girl to do?
I would really love to do some sort of challenge on Facebook. Let's call it, "If you don't have anything nice to type, don't type!" Okay, I know, I'm not very creative, that was the best I've got. I welcome your input! Basically, I would like to challenge you stop (at least cut back) on the negative posts and focus on something positive. You can almost always turn a negative situation into something positive. ex. "DANG, I wrecked my car today! Some *&#@^%$# ran me off the road!" Instead you could say, "I am so thankful that my family and i are safe after being in a wreck earlier today." This is not just about how you make others feel. When you turn a negative into a positive, it changes the way YOU feel. I'm not asking you to change your posts to make me feel better. I want to inspire you think positive and spend each day grateful. And when you do this, you just may inspire someone else to do the same! Negativity spreads like wildfire. Let's take this year and and spread HAPPINESS and POSITIVITY and LOVE and GRATITUDE.
We all have so much to be thankful for! WILL YOU TAKE THE CHALLENGE AND HELP ME SPREAD GOOD NEWS!? Make this the year that YOU inspire others!!
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