Purely Nourished

As human beings, we are excep­tional at man­i­fest­ing neg­a­tive out­looks and self-esteem.  We often find our­selves in that place of despair  decid­ing we are not good enough. From there we con­tinue to spi­ral out of con­trol. Some­times we are able to find that awak­en­ing that stops us dead in our tracks but in many cases we don’t find that break until we’ve hit rock bot­tom. We waste so much time and energy on issues that are triv­ial in the grand scheme of things. We need to think pos­i­tively and real­ize that we are lucky to be alive. Every one of us has at least one thing to be proud of, if not hun­dreds. It is nec­es­sary to take a step back every once in a while to real­ize that we are actu­ally doing well. Even in despair, there are things to be grate­ful for.

There are two ways to look at every sit­u­a­tion and you are in charge of decid­ing what you are going to see. The pos­i­tive or the neg­a­tive. Just for one day, try to notice the pos­i­tive in sit­u­a­tions rather than the neg­a­tive. I’m am cer­tain that with in no time you will feel much more con­tent with where you are in life.  While your at it, take the time to  look at your life and deter­mine all the things that you are grate­ful for as well. Grat­i­tude has one of the strongest vibra­tions on the earth. When you let your­self appre­ci­ate the peo­ple and things around you, your heart warms, the edges of your lips curl upward, and you glow. You send those great vibra­tions out into the world and you slowly notice that the peo­ple around you can’t be angry any­more. I know you’ve met one of those peo­ple who absolutely glows and every time you find your­self in their pres­ence you cant help it but feel warm and fuzzy, like a bur­den has been lifted. Don’t you want to take on that role? What a won­der­ful feel­ing that is.

A great exer­cise to help you real­ize all the good in your life is to write a list of one hun­dred things that you love or make you happy. It’s amaz­ing how quickly this exer­cise can moti­vate you and turn your despair to con­tent. It’s ok if you have trou­ble com­ing up with ideas. If need be put the list away and come to it with fresh eyes on the fol­low­ing day. I am cer­tain you will notice a change in your­self. It may even give you the drive to come up with new goals. Try this exer­cise every cou­ple of months. Your inter­ests and ideas will change and being flex­i­ble enough to let go of the past to make room for the new is one aspect of liv­ing a more reward­ing life. It’s per­fectly fine to change. If we never changed or grew we would still be fresh­men in high school intim­i­dated by the upperclassmen.

Here’s an exam­ple of my list to help you start..

1. my family

2. yoga

3. cook­ing

4. sun­sets

5. extra dark chocolate

6. hot tea

7. read­ing

8. the pit­ter pat­ter of rain