This morning, my husband and I woke up to a beautiful sunny Sunday and decided to go for a walk on the beach. After about a twenty minute drive we pulled up at a lovely beach side community and saw we weren't the only people who had this idea, all the coffee shops were overflowing with people out enjoying the beautiful day. As we strolled along chatting we came up behind a couple out with their young child who were having a heated, whispered conversation, swapping complaints as they walked along, "my eyes hurt as I forgot my sunglasses" she was saying, "that coffee was terrible" he said "I can't shake this cold" she replied, and so on. They were so engrossed in this conversation of listing there complaints to each other (or should I say at each other- as neither seemed to be listening to the other!) they were completely oblivious to their surroundings.
This got me thinking as I'm pretty sure they woke up this morning, and like us thought, what a beautiful day lets go for a walk, but unlike us probably didn't have that good of a time. Although I didn't speak to them so I can't be sure, I'm pretty sure they failed to see any of the beautiful things around them, I'm pretty sure they didn't stop, take a big deep breath and feel thankful that they live somewhere so beautiful and they were getting to spend some precious time together as a family.
I tell you all this not to get you feeling pity for this young couple but rather to remind you to STOP, take a deep breath and enjoy now. It wasn't the lack of sunglasses, the bad coffee or having a cold that made this a miserable day for this couple, it was a negative attitude, it was focusing on what was wrong with their day rather than what was right. It comes back to the old analogy is the glass half full or half empty? What interested me most about our walk today is that we were actually out delivering flyers to promote our business, we had been walking in the hot sun putting flyers on car windscreens and in mailboxes for a couple of hours before we came across this couple, yet we had a much nicer time than they did because of out attitudes, we chose not to complain to each other about being thirsty, or having sore feet or having been barked at by too many dogs.
Instead we looked for positive things to focus on, the beautiful breeze, the sun making the sea sparkle, the cute puppy that came bounding over to see us and the nice lunch we were going to treat ourselves with when we were finished.We enjoyed our walk because we concentrated on what was good and brought us joy NOW.
Imagine if, at the end of each day could could look back and say, yes, that was a good day, no matter what you were doing. Even if it was a day that your boss shouted at you, or you had spent the weekend with your in-laws, or you missed the bus and were late for an appointment. If you try and find the good in every situation you can feel so much happier, Try finding reasons to be happy instead of reasons you aren't happy. Try being grateful for the things you do have instead of the things you don't. Go on - give it a try!
Emma Lewin is an entrepreneur who works at home with her husband Zak from their home office in Brisbane Australia where they are supervised by their two Dalmatians Millie and Henry. Both Keen Scuba Divers and travellers they have a home business that allows them the the time and freedom to do both whenever they wish. join our Facebook fan page "Living the life you deserve." - http://www.facebook.com/pages/Living-The-Life-You-deserve/337661539339
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