Think Positive 30

An Invitation to You

Think Positive 30 started on Live Journal. A friend and I decided to try and post at least one positive thought a day in our journals. I thought it was a great idea and created a Live Journal Community so that others would have an opportunity to do the same. The community was created, and pretty much nothing happened. A few of my friends and myself would post our positive thoughts and comment on the positive thoughts of others. Then Live Journal featured Think Positive 30 as a Spotlight community and things went crazy. Hundreds of people were posting every day. It was insane. I tried diligently to keep up with commenting on everyone's posts, but it quickly proved impossible. Over the years, the community activity has slowed down, picked up and slowed down again. Recently, there has been an upswing in participation, and I have to tell you - it's so awesome reading other people's positive thoughts, and seeing them comment on the postings of others. The feeling of support is amazing. If you're not familiar with Live Journal, it's basically an online - well, journal. It's free. I would like to urge you all to consider getting an…

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February 2, 2012

Positive Thoughts

The Sounds of Silence

I recently had somebody ask me if I’ve abandoned this endeavor. The answer was and is a resounding NO! They then asked why I hadn’t updated in almost a year. That answer was a bit more challenging. There were and are lots of reasons why I haven’t been writing. I have a new and far more stressful job. I’m a single parent of teenagers and the taking two and from to their various activities uses up copious amounts of time. There was also a major addiction to facebook games, lol. But I’m doing away with that one! But the two biggest reasons are pretty basic, and perhaps a little bit selfish. The first being I wasn’t sure what to write about. I had some ideas, but there was nothing concrete floating around in my brain. The second reason, well that’s the really selfish one. I was kind of thinking that nobody cared and I have to be honest. I’m the type that thrives on positive feedback and reinforcement. See, selfish. But today, I was sitting on my couch with the laptop – well on my lap, and I was struck by an epiphany of sorts. Every Monday thru Friday, I…

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March 12, 2011

Live Journal / Positive Thoughts

The Birth of a Community

In order for any of this to make any sense at all, you’re going to need a little back story. It really all starts with a television program that was on the air about ten years ago. It wasn’t a hit show, it wasn’t critically acclaimed, but what it did do was introduce me to some of the most wonderful people I have ever known.

The first season this show was on the air, I quickly became enamored of it, and turned to the new toy in my house, the internet, to find other people who also liked this show. I did, and it was quite possibly the smartest thing I’ve ever done. I “met,” online, a group of people who have become an integral part of my life. We’ve been there for each other through marriages and divorces, births and deaths and everything else that goes along with life. Some of us have met in person, some are just a name on a computer screen, but all of us are friends.

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August 10, 2009