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I just wanted to share a little message with you. Last week and this week, the Daily Positive Thought emails have been positive thoughts that I sent out before. Next week's probably will too because I'm recovering from surgery. Here is what I said: I just want to update you. I had my surgery this past Tuesday. I came through with flying colors, and short two breasts, so technically I know longer have breast cancer I guess. I hurt.... a lot, and this summer when I have the reconstructive surgery, I'll hurt more. But that's okay because I am going to win this war. I want to tell you something that every single nurse I have dealt with has said to me. "You really have a positive attitude!" In fact, I've had visits from two different visiting nurses here at the house and they both said they have never laughed or had so much fun at a visit before. Thinking positive does help. Is it making the hurt go away? No, but I have to wonder, would I be feeling more pain if I had a negative outlook? I don't intend to find out. Positive thinking does so much. But…
(Davis, Jim "Garfield" 10/19/21 ArcaMax https://www.arcamax.com/) First off full disclosure, I actually started this on October 19th of this week but I was running late for school. My plan was to finish it that night but it has just been a crazy week year and I am kind of drowning. That being said, when I read this comic that morning, I LOVED it, because I am all about finding the bright side, but sometimes in the moment, there is no bright side. Garfield, my furry feline friend, when the damn bursts, that's the time to evacuate! There are no ifs, ands or buts about that. You get out and you get out now. As an educator, I am no stranger to toxic positivity. It abounds in educational settings, and it is slowly sucking the life out of every teacher I know. We're supposed to look on the bright side and push through in untenable circumstances. Toxic positivity is an obsession with positive thinking. The belief that we should deny or invalidate any negativity or negative thoughts. Well that is NOT what I, or Think Positive 30 is about. If you lose your job, that sucks. You get…
You are only destined to become one person – the person you decide to be. - Ralph Waldo Emerson I've been thinking a lot about what I want to be when I grow up, which is odd, considering the fact that I'm older than dirt. But it's something that actually requires a lot of thought. See, I've always wanted to be a teacher. I absolutely love being a teacher. I don't love all the crap I have to deal with, but I love being a teacher. But the other day I was thinking about growing up and wanting to be a teacher. I was born in the mid sixties, and did a lot of my growing up in the 70's. The era of woman's lib, and hearing that a woman could do anything she wanted. But in school, they didn't push girls to do anything other than what girls had been doing in school for years. Sure I could have taken a shop class if I wanted, but I didn't want. I just played barbies, and rode bikes like all the other kids that I knew, and in high school, I just took all the classes everybody else was taking. …
No person is your friend who demands your silence, or denies your right to grow. - Alice Walker Do you remember when you were a kid, some adult in your life telling you that you are judged by the company you keep? Well, that was true, and it is also true that people tend to take on the characteristics of the people with whom they spend the most time. I am blessed to have a plethora of wonderful people in my life, and these people all have different characteristics. Some are incredibly happy-go-lucky, others are extremely driven, some are very athletic and physical, and some are more relaxed. I have friends who are focused on money, and friends who barely get by, friends that are very analytical and friends who are more creative. I also have friends who are incredibly happy and enjoy life, and friends who are angry at the world. I’m sure when you look at your friends, you’ll find that the characteristics that make up your friends are equally as varied as the character traits that make up the wonderful person that is you! It’s funny, when I spend time with my outdoorsy athletic friends, we usually…
Have you ever seen the cute, hand painted rocks with inspirational messages outside? People are encouraged to pick up a rock that speaks to them. Well those rocks have to come from somewhere, right? They do, people make them and leave them in places for other people to find. I'm here to ask a favor if you are a crafty individual who paints rocks like this. On the ones I make, I add the url to Think Positive 30 - www.thinkpositive30.com. Why? My goal is to spread positivity wherever I can - to share the message that I deliver here daily. If you do decorate rocks like this and leave them out and about for others to find, would you consider adding the url to Think Positive 30 every once in a while. With your help, we can spread the message of positivity and positive thinking farther than ever!
Hi Everyone, This has been a trying time for everybody. We are social distancing and for some, it's turning into social isolation. It's a lesson we all need to learn. social distancing does not mean social isolation. But as I said, this is a very trying time, and we are all trying to navigate the uncharted waters of Covid-19. As I have mentioned before, I'm a teacher, and with schools closed, we've shifted to an online model and it hasn't been easy. I literally find myself working and interacting with kids all hours of the day - and night. Yes, I get text messages and emails whenever the kids decide to work. I've received messages as late (or as early depending on your perspective) as 2:42 in the morning! Working from home is a time management and time balancing act I am ill-prepared to manage. It's killing me because if ever there was a time for thinking positive, it's now! There are four people in my house, so I am not socially isolated, but in a way I am. Looking at the same faces day in and day out can be a struggle, I am learning, and no amount of…
Hi Everyone, I know our world is in a huge kerfluffle right now. This virus - Covid 19 is serious. People all over the world are getting sick, and people are dying. We're social distancing, quarantining as needed, and in some cases going into shelter in place. It's scary, it's depressing, it's overwhelming and it's very negative. My school will start remote teaching/learning on Monday and everybody's stress level is through the roof. I can only imagine that it's like that pretty much everywhere for all sorts of different reasons. During this time, it's so easy to fall into negative, defeatist thinking, but that's the last thing we want to do! The goal is to remain as upbeat and positive as possible. I want to do my part to help you. I'm making the ebook version of Thinking Positive: Take the Journey into Positivity free on Amazon. It's free, starting tomorrow, for the next 5 days, so if you don't have a copy yet, now is your chance to download it for free. I'm hoping to get the companion Book The Thinking Positive Toolbox ready for publication in the next week to help people remain positive in this very trying…
Most of you know, I'm a HUGE proponent of looking on the bright side of things. I am always looking for the good in the bad. I may not always find it, but I do look. That being said, I had a very interesting conversation in the writing class I am taking. The instructor had asked to see a copy of my book Thinking Positive: Take the Journey into Positivity, so with much fear and quivering hands, I gave her a copy last week. At the end of class last night, we talked about it and one of the women in the class asked if it was all touchy feely, looking on the bright side. Now, I don't think it really is, and I told her as much, and she was relieved. She then went on to relate a story. Her mom was terminally ill, and she called a friend to talk about it, and that friend responded with, well look on the bright side, you'll get to see your brothers. I was appalled. There are times when you can be looking on the bright side, and there are times when you just need to grieve, vent and rail against…
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves they have the first secret of success. - Norman Vincent Peale I love this quote! To me it's saying that in order for you to become remarkable, you have to believe you are remarkable. You need to believe in yourself! I'm taking a little writing course on Monday nights, and last night, the instructor had us rate ourselves as writers on a scale of 1 - 10 and hold up our numbers. They ranged from 4 to 7, and let me tell you, the instructor was very disappointed in our opinions of ourselves. Some of it was a cultural thing, I think. We are not encouraged to think that we are all that and a slice of cake. But guess what, you are, I am, we all are. The instructor asked us how could we expect people to believe in our writing if we don't believe in our own ability to write? She is right. I want to become a remarkable writer, and in order to become remarkable, I have to first believe that I am remarkable. Believe in yourself. That…
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