Rainy Day

It’s all in the perspective. How do we view the world? Every morning when I wake up I have two choices I can either say “It will be a good day” or “It will be a bad day.” We have to choose to have one or the other daily. Things will happen without you asking for it but how you choose to respond to the events that occur around you will either make you stress free or stressful.

Take the example of a rainy day after a promise of warm sunny days. If you are like me and don’t carry an umbrella, you will respond to the day with disgust, ugh what a weather! But listen to this: during my community college days I met an American man, Aaron, in my Math 60 class, who I had the hots for but did not pursue it further, told me its not a bad day; it’s a soft day. Wow, what do you make of that? It’s a soft day. What does this bring to mind? Rain, petals, puddles, but to me it brings back the memories of the monsoon season. Bright colors, smell of grass, warm rain. Does it make me feel warm inside? You bet it does!

It makes me think my happy childhood. Now what exactly did he say- it’s a soft day. That’s all, I on the other hand tapped in to the resources within me to make this cold nasty weather look and feel better. You and I both have the power within us to change any situation to our benefit simply by having a positive mindset. Easy, I didn’t say that.

They say old habits are hard to die; I find myself slipping back to my old thoughts. It takes effort to be positive and I am working on it.