-Posted by +Raven
I used to find staying positive really hard. I wanted to wallow, I wanted to feel bad for myself, I wanted to to see the glass as half-empty.
Then I changed.
Whenever I get stressed out, my boyfriend says something that both calms and infuriates me {not necessarily in that order}: What is there to stress about? And then he lists all of the awesome things in my life. And I realize I’m being silly and overly-dramatic. And I choose to stop.
These days, it’s a lot easier to stay positive, especially when I keep myself in check and realize what exactly I’m doing when I start to feel stressed or get down about something.
It helps to surround yourself with positive people, too. No, really! You’re effected by those around you more than you realize. Choose those people carefully.
I recently rediscovered the beauty of the lyrics to Baz Luhrmann’s “Everybody’s Free ( To Wear Sunscreen)” song. I’ve always been a huge fan of Baz Luhrmann as a director {Moulin Rouge, Romeo & Juliet, Strictly Ballroom, Australia}, and as a child of the 90’s, have always loved this song.
Today, I leave you with my favorite lines of the song; the lines that have always stayed with me, the lines that hovered in the back of my mind for the longest time, waiting until I was ready to really hear them:
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind . . . the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
– Posted by +Raven