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Prompt#5:
"Keep your face to the sunshine and you can not see the shadow" - Helen Keller
In what ways are you able to stay positive about something that sometimes brings you down?
At first, I thought this prompt was really hard.
Then I realized
It's Not!
What do I do to help with things that bring me down?
This!
This is what I do.
And sometimes, instead of feeling like a failure or that my life is miserable or unbearable...
I actually, really and truly, like my life and the trials and tribulations it brings.
What do I have in my life that sometimes brings me down?
Hmmm, good question.
I have TeenBoy and BratChild and SIX...
And then I have a mortgage company from HELL
And 2 grown children I still support...
But the biggest elephant in the room is my health.
I have lupus and rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia...
or a combination thereof...
or none of the above.
Depends on which doc you ask on which day of the week.
I have no idea whether anyone actually reads these posts, but they help me to let off steam or use sarcasm and witty repartee to deal with the bumps along my life's path.
How do I stay positive?
Not sure that I do, but I am sure that I don't let the suicidal thoughts, or homicidal ones for that matter, have any real space in my head...
And that's about as positive as I can be...
9 comments:
Oh that's hard. I'm so sorry! I have numerous health problems myself. It is hard to stay positive. Sometimes I think I am, but then maybe that's just a practiced mindset. LOL. Thanks for stopping by my place :-)
Hope you have a sunshiny happy day today. You sort of hit the tip of the iceberg when you mentioned you don't let the suicidal and homicidal thoughts take residence in your brain. You really need to focus on thinking good, happy thoughts. I'm currently reading "Who Switched Off My Brain--controlling toxic thoughts and emotions" by Dr. Caroline Leaf. I recommend it--fascinating stuff! (You may want to start with the last two chapters)
Stopping by from writer's workshop. Here's mine: http://zemeks.blogspot.com/2010/10/historical-event-i-would-like-to-have.html
Like you I find writing therapeutic, I have so many journals and even writing a blog I still find some time to write an entry into my journal.
Thanks for stopping by.
Oh my... sending hundreds of rays your way.
And yes, as I was once informed to do... write, write, write. It's an amazing outlet. And we're here listening. :)
Blogging also helps me feel better when I am down.
Visiting from Mama Kat's
Health problems are so tough.. My mom has Multiple Sclerosis, Polymialgia, and various other disorders/health issues. I swear she's seen every time of specialist there is and they've all treated her for something, but she remains a (mostly!) positive person, which is amazing.
That sucks about the mortgage company from hell - and all that other stuff.. Glad you can stay positive through writing. :) I always find it helps unjumble my mind and make me see things a little clearer.
Of course we read your posts Dawn! You have got a great sense of humor and that alone will get you through anything!!! I hope you have an awesome day and thanks for sharing-
Seriously, doesn't it seem like you could handle the rest of your life (maybe even excel) if you just felt better? I hear ya.
As for staying positive, I think it's overrated. I am sick of people telling me how to feel. I am positive lots of the time, but when I'm not I will no longer apologize for it. Feelings aren't wrong. They just are.
Now actually killing someone -- that would be wrong.
When you can write and be free and just let yourself get it all out it helps so much.
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