tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2230484153422412538.post8151376974083559006..comments2024-02-08T03:27:31.696-05:00Comments on Michael, Actually: Creating a Beautiful DayMiss Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14162684996598517756noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2230484153422412538.post-88448820138416522622010-02-27T15:04:22.261-05:002010-02-27T15:04:22.261-05:00That's a great article, Kim. Thanks for the li...That's a great article, Kim. Thanks for the link! (And thanks for reading!)Miss Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14162684996598517756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2230484153422412538.post-1613910145537433922010-02-27T10:43:59.927-05:002010-02-27T10:43:59.927-05:00Hi Michael! I'm enjoying reading your blog an...Hi Michael! I'm enjoying reading your blog and this got me thinking as this idea of positive thinking has been preoccupying me. First, I wanted to mention this article that was posted on Twitter recently: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/3304496/Be-lucky-its-an-easy-skill-to-learn.html This sounds like what you mentioned about how if you approach things with a good attitude, you'll see the good side of the situation. I also think it is really important to trust our intuition as mentioned in the article. A lot of the frustrating things that have happened to me happened when I went against my intuition.<br /><br />I also complain a lot, and people have been very hard on me throughout my life about it. The biggest lessons I learned from that is that if I don't like something, I either need to do something about it or endure until it's over. I've sent myself into months of depression agonizing over bad decisions and how unhappy I was with how it turned out. Now I do try to approach this from a more positive angle, and that's self preservation at work. It's helped me appreciate the small stuff more.<br /><br />I struggle with wondering if the law of attraction/positive thinking can make good things happen to you. It's funny, when I've worried about things (like my recent job scenario, which I predicted), I now wonder if I "created" those things with my thoughts or if I was just picking up on reality. I feel brainwashed by it all, especially reading all these blogs where people talk about manifesting their dreams, etc. (I always wonder if the people who tried this and failed have blogs, too, haha.) But I do think there's a problem when people get sick and then blamed for whether they get better or worse based on their attitude. There's this sick justification of "you deserve what happened to you because you have a bad attitude" with the positive thinking doctrine.<br /><br />The most important thing I've learned is to turn challenges into opportunities. I think you're right that reliance on positive thinking obscures the point - it's just a matter of being aware on good things in a situation and deciding what you want and moving towards it. Now I try to avoid being depressed when things don't turn out how I want. It doesn't always work, but I guess I realize I'm not entitled to controlling the situation and that maybe some good can come of it. It makes it easier to get through the hard times.Kimnoreply@blogger.com