There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. ~Anaïs Nin
It has been awhile since I wrote out a bullet list of all the things I am grateful for so here it goes.
Today I am grateful for…
- My father
- My brother Donald
- My brother Eddie
- My sister Michele
- My nieces Hanna and Megan
- My friends
- My co-workers
- My job
- My car
- My home
- My health
- My creativity
- My inspiration
- My determination
And last but not least I am grateful for my rose colored glasses that allow me to see the wonderful things that life brings me while weeding out all the garbage.
We all have rose colored glasses if we choose to wear them. At the core of our brain stem is the RAS (reticular activation system) which weeds out repetitive stimuli to help us avoid sensory overload. We see and hear hundreds of thousands of images and sounds a day, and the RAS essentially limits that amount to the images and sounds that we need to hear, or are allowing ourselves to hear.
However, through our subconscious we can choose to see and hear what it is we want to. We have all had the experience of going out and buying a new car and then for days after we see that same car on the road everywhere we look. The fact is those cars were already out there, we just weren’t paying any attention, or RAS was weeding it out because it was unimportant to us.. Now that we have decided on something we like, something we want, we now see more of it.
This is where the power of positive thinking comes into play. Buy retraining yourself to always find the positive in every situation, to no longer see problems but challenges that can be overcome, pretty soon the RAS begins to weed out all the unimportant negative stuff, while allowing the positive experiences to stand out. They are all still there, both existing as they occur, but you are controlling your perception, you are wearing rose colored glasses.
Put them on for a test spin. Start your day off with a gratitude list of things you want to see more of. Feel the gratitude, be truly thankful, and begin to limit the negative thoughts that enter your head each and every day, and pretty soon you too will start to see the good in life.
