Did you ever have one of those days were everything just seemed to go right?
You hit all green lights driving to work, things run smoothly at work, you arrive early to get the kids from school (instead of your usual running late!), then the kids are in a good mood and you easily make supper without any glitches...
You know, one of those 'fairytale' days, where you imagine yourself twirling through your day, waving your magic wand and everything is perfect!
Did you ever stop to think what makes it a good day, versus a bad day?
What if the only criteria between having a good day versus a bad day is how we thinkabout our day?
If you hit all red lights, get hit with unexpected things at work, run a little late to get the kids, then they're hungry and grouchy, and you forget some ingredients for supper... These could all be situations to make you think you're having a bad day.
OR, they could be little lessons meant to teach you something about yourself:
Red lights mean you need to take a moment to stop and breathe.
Unexpected things at work mean you need to be more flexible and adaptable.
Running late to get the kids means you need to plan your time better.
Hungry and grouchy kids are testing your patience :)
Forgetting ingredients for the recipe means you need to be more detail oriented--or spontaneous with your cooking--or both!
I've recently started reading books by Dr. Wayne Dyer, and he speaks a lot about changing our thought patterns to change our lives. I used to lean towards the pessimistic side, but have been consciously working on changing my thoughts to line up more with the kind, grateful, happy, energetic, inspiring, generous life that I want to live.
I also realized something very interesting about having a "good day"...why do we tend to anticipate the bad days? Why can't we just have a good day, enjoy it, be grateful for it, and anticpate another one? Why do we get programmed to think "yeah, today's a good day--but I wonder what will happen tomorrow {later/next week/etc}?"
My hypothesis:
We get programmed to feel guilty about feeling good!
When we feel good, there is always someone out there who is not feeling good.
But that doesn't mean we can't or shouldn't feel good.
We can take our good feelings and spread them around to others.
Maybe your smile and friendly 'hello' will turn a stranger's 'bad day' into a good one!
Maybe your warm hug and gentle voice will sooth your child's stress.
Maybe your listening ear will help a friend vent her frustrations.
See what 'kind' of day you have tomorrow...and see if you can recognize how your thoughts create the kind of day you're having.
{And then adjust them if needed!}
