Had a solid day yesterday again. After work, had a company event at Wine & Design where we painted the Charlotte skyline. No one needs to know that all the buildings were drawn beforehand so all we had to do was paint lol. But it was fun chilling with coworkers, sipping on some wine, putting some paint on vas and creating the Charlotte skyline and scene that we desired. Afterwards, just chilled with Maya for a couple of hours at night. Glad to see and hear she's doing well and enjoying the educational path.
Am I a positive person? I think others would describe me as such, and some have explicitly stated that. But that does really mean? I wouldn't say I'm Panglossian. I think I just jump to rational thinking and problem-solving mode quicker than others. I don't let the situation's momentary perceived emotions become internalized feelings very often. In 'negative' contexts or seemingly disadvantageous positions, I transition rapidly to how can this new thing presented to me be an opportunity? After all, I have created it myself consciously, unconsciously, and subconsciously over the course of time. I'll try to be grateful very specifically with what just happened and how I can make the most of the situation. Instinctively responding with gratitude in any situation allows me to quickly go past the feelings stage and how this will work for me in the long run. How did I learn from this situation? Then there's the flip side of seemingly advantageous events. I try to recognize what really caused it to happen. What imprints did I plant to make that happen? I'm becoming better of reverting to the process or underlying reasons when it's a celebratory thing that happens. I'm becoming aware of being grateful in those situations too so that I can cultivate the feeling of gratitude in any situation. I actually try not to get too excited in any situation. Of course there's urges, impulses, etc. that I give into all the time. I'm working on that. I think that maintaining level-headedness in the ups will actually enable me to control how I respond to the downs. The higher you go, the longer the fall. So why not just mitigate that from the beginning. Don't get too high or too low. So really, when someone says that I'm very positive, what I'm interpreting that as is, 'I'm grounded in all situations, regardless of perceived effects on me.' I think really that positivity is just a consistent commitment to equanimity and neutrality.
Also funny thing I realized. I mentioned it here, but the state of being grounded. That's a balanced state to be in for the body, mind and soul. Don't think, then, that it's a coincidence that the sole of the foot is the is the part that's in contact with the ground. Our soul is grounded through the sole.
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