Always look on the bright side.

I love the song that I have used in this title how I wish I had spent more of my time in life doing it. Like so many, I have so often been my own worst enemy and rather than look on the bright side of life I have turned my eye to the negative. People who do manage to live on the bright side have a number of strategies that help them do it. 

The great thing is this though, they do not even know they are using these strategies they just get on and do it.

I had an old aunt to lived well into her hundreds. She lived three floors up in a tenement right up until her death. She lost a leg and still refused to move to a house on the level. She never got around to purchasing a washing machine washing all her clothes and bedding in the bathtub. She never had a home help but many neighbours visited and did little things to help her. 

Why did they all visit her? Why did she live so long? Because without even thinking about it she always lived on the bright side. She was always joking and laughing. All the time my daughter was at university she visited my old aunt regularly and loved her visit and looked forward to it. Every week without fail they got together for a bite to eat and more importantly a laugh. 

So what she did do and said to others to do.

Forget about what others are doing.  Stop looking at where they are and what they have.  Nobody is doing better than you because nobody can do better than you.  You are walking your own path.  Sometimes the reason we struggle with insecurity is that we compare our behind-the-scenes circumstances with everyone else’s public personas.  We listen to the noise of the world, instead of ourselves.  So stop the comparisons!  

Ignore the distractions.  Listen to your own inner voice.  Mind your own business.

Keep your best wishes and your biggest goals close to your heart and dedicate time to them every day.  

Do not be scared to walk alone, and do not be scared to enjoy it.  

Do not let anyone’s ignorance, drama, or negativity stop you from being the best you can be.  Keep doing what you know in your heart is right, for you.  Because when you are focused on meaningful work and at peace within yourself, almost nothing can shake you.

Let today be the day you stop being haunted by the ghosts from your past.  What happened in the past is just one chapter in your story.  Do not close the book, just turn the page.

We’ve all been hurt by our own decisions and by others, and while the pain of these experiences is normal, sometimes it lingers for too long.  Feelings of resentment urge us to relive the same pain over and over, and we have a hard time letting go.

Forgiveness is the remedy.  It allows you to focus on the future without combating the past.

 To understand the infinite potential of everything going forward is to forgive everything already behind you.  Without forgiveness, wounds can never be healed and personal growth can never be achieved.  It doesn’t mean you’re erasing the past or forgetting what happened.  

It means you’re letting go of the resentment and pain, and instead choosing to learn from the incident and move on with your life.

Always look on the bright side of life. 

Join me, I am going to start today.  have a great day.