Posts Tagged → positivity
The real secret of positive thinking
While at a house party a few months back, a girl cornered me with a nice bottle of wine, and started telling me about ‘The Secret’ – a bestselling book and film . I sat and listened, sipping my wine, as the well-educated City financier explained the principles of universal attraction, without any sense of irony .
It was a treat. A true dissertation on the worst kind of magical thinking . Essentially, this chick (and many of her friends) believe that they are telekinetic, and can receive whatever they want just by hoping for it. Needless to say, i re-filled my glass and excused myself. I’d heard about voodoo before.
What's going right?
Early this morning the Illuminated Mind blog gave me food for thought to contemplate throughout this grey and drizzly day. On a day in which the world’s stock markets continue to plummet a brilliant question was posed:
What is right in your life?
It’s a common theme of this and many other blogs – and probably in the flavour of our age – to identify problems and propose solutions. For a moment however, step back appraise your life with and honest appreciation of what is right. What is right, and good and pleasing to you.
What is right in my life?
- I have started writing again, and that makes my soul smile. I quit blogging back in ’04, and have missed the clarity, education and self-discovery that accompanies the simple act of penning my thoughts.
- I am glad that I owe little. My independence has taken me down several dark, uncharted paths, and I am pleased that I have been lucky enough to learn from my journeys while always seeming stumble back into the light. I’m glad that those whom I do owe, are those people for whom the mere suggestion of repayment would be an insult.
- On balance, my life feels right at the moment. Since the beginning of the year, in particular, I’ve gradually regained a certain equilibrium, by reducing my sense of regret and increasing my sense of ambition; pressing forward with focus.
To be fair, it isn’t down to me alone. I’ve been reading several blogs (amongst others); watching the West Wing (finally); and reading books like a madman. In fact, if there is one thing that inspired this trajectory – it is an amazing novel: “The Road”, by Cormac McCarthy.
While banks crash and short days beckon, I enjoy my life and liberty. That’s right.
How about you? What is right in your life?