There’s Always A Silver Lining

Act 156:

“It’s never too late… To Look On The Bright Side

Make this your starting point. Look to the lighter side. Choose happy over sad. Love over hate. Good over bad. Hope over despair. Put the dark side behind you. That way the shadows will fall behind you.” – Patrick Lindsay

Quote in book: “To me life is simply an invitation to live.” ~ Sean O’Casey

Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life (whistles) – Quick. Where is that from?

I think I’ve actually gotten a little burned out on these blogs. I mean… I passed 150 about a week ago and shit, that’s a lot of blogging and babbling. It’s been a really stressful couple of weeks and I think my mind is just tired. I need a break. Luckily, I only have 16 more after this and then I’ll get that much needed break. There’s the bright side of that.

Another bright side is the fact that it’s taken me this long to get tired of writing. If you’ve been reading, how on earth are you not tired of me yet? Haha I know I’m goal oriented and once I put my mind to something... nothing can really stop me from accomplishing my goal. So, the minute I decided to start this blog series, I always knew I would finish. However, I always figured I would stop or slow down the pace, because seriously??? It was a really really ambitious goal. Writing on 1 blog topic every day for 172 days straight!!! What the hell was I thinking? That’s insane! I did however give myself a break during my vacation, so I did cheat a tiny bit. Although, I did write a trip blog/trivia almost every day I was gone, so I didn’t really stop writing about a different topic every day.

I never really thought of it as a chore until the last couple of weeks. I think, because work has been super stressful and I’ve been traveling a lot, it’s gotten a lot harder to get motivated to have enough energy to write. My mind is racing with how to fix the issues at work, not on these blogs. Although, I’m having a hard time concentrating and getting these done every night, I still haven’t missed a day and I probably won’t. I’ll make my goal and that’s a pretty amazing feat.

This is what’s getting me through. Looking at the bright side of finishing them every night. Not being a quitter. Doing something that is not easy to do and very challenging. It’s pretty ambitious and I know accomplishing my goal would be a rare and unique thing that NONE of my friends have (or probably) would ever do. How cool is that? What a huge huge upside and motivator to writing these blogs when I’m burned out.

As I’ve said before, I’m not normally a positive or optimistic person. But these blogs and the people around me in my life right now have had such a positive effect on my life that I do look at the brighter side of things more than the negative now. It is really possible that a person can go from being a pessimist and a realist to an optimist? I guess it is possible. see.. what in the world?? Old me would’ve never said that or even have considered the possibility.

I guess that’s another plus for these blogs. The change in perspective and a new outlook in life. I’m a lover not a hater (granted I’ve always been that). I’m now looking for the silver lining. Looking at the good in people. Looking for the positive spin or aspect of a situation. Who would’ve ever thought that I would become one of those people??? HAHAHA Well apparently I have become one of those people.

It’s crazy what a little change in perspective can do to one’s life. I’m soo much happier in my life than I was last year or even 6 months ago. The positivity has brought on good things in my life too. There is always a silver lining to every situation. If you can find it in even the worst of situations, you are golden. I’m just starting to do that and it has changed my life.