If you can’t find the sunshine, be the sunshine
LIVE YOUR LIFE AND FORGET YOUR AGE…
When does it happen? That moment, the minute, the second. That time when we transition from “young to old” I’ll let you into a little secret. It doesn’t! It’s all a state of mind, of society’s take on thing’s and of the company you keep!
Surround yourself with positive energy. People that care about you! The one’s that listen and engage in conversation, I mean really listen. Not the ones that nod as their eyes start to cross and wonder in different directions as they’re looking for someone to listen to them talk about their own egotistical selves. You know the one’s, the energy suckers! These people are draining. Avoid them like the plague, because, here they are! The ones, that over the years, will take away your very self, and slowly little by little eat you alive.
The more you’re prepared to take a back seat, the more you'll gradually be seated at the back of the room. Until one day you find you’re the only one in the room.
This is what negativity does. It’s catching. Have you ever gone somewhere, full of beans, really been looking forward to this for a few days, and as you enter the room there they are, the peter pans of society (look at me! listen to me) you try to join in, share a little of what you’ve been doing, a new trip you're planning maybe. Losing battle! energy suckers only talk about themselves and what they’re doing. Avoid ! By the time you leave for home you’re feeling totally deflated. A little more of yourself chipped away.
Laugh and the world laughs with you!
This is why I cant stress enough, stay away from negativity and negative people who’s main conversation consists of me myself and I. You’ll only come away feeling you have nothing to contribute, when in fact all you have done is surround yourself with negative vibes, which flow around anyone within reach. Look out for the happy smiling people. Even writing this I can feel the positivity flowing my way. positive company energizes me, I feel strong and confident and full of life. I find that for me, this is the key to happiness. Positivity is like a source you can feed off, as is, unfortunately negativity. Do you see my point?
It took me a long time to realize that it wasn’t me, I wasn’t boring, or getting “too old” blaming myself for the knot in my stomach, and eventually associating these negative emotions with my age, thinking it was because I was an “old” woman! AND THAT! Is when you start to go down the negative spiral that people call old age! Well guess what? they’re wrong, to age is a natural process of the body, it may slowly change you physically, BUT! and I stress, WE, do not! We grow wiser, we understand life more, we are compassionate because we’ve probably been there before, we have loved, we have been loved. How on earth can any of this be seen as anything but inspiring. Get out there, share what you have to give. Spread your energy. Feel only pity for the “me, myself and I people” because eventually they will need people like you in their lives.
DID YOU KNOW? Smiling can trick your brain into happiness and boost your health. A smile makes a powerful chemical reaction in the brain that makes you feel happier, lift your mood, lower stress, and boost immunity…
It isn't the digit’s that matter, age really is just a number. So make everything you do in your life a positive action, even down to the company you keep, IN FACT: ESPECIALLY, DOWN TO THE COMPANY YOU KEEP!
Go to amazing places, make the time to stop and speak to people, smile at them, it's catching. Trust me, they will smile back!
How good does it make you feel when you are surrounded by happy smiling faces. You don’t even have to know them, you just instantly feel good. Be one of those people.
I have always been a positive person but slowly over time I allowed myself to be pushed aside. I used to walk into a room and wonder if people would like me, that’s what society can do to you if you let it. Now I walk into a room and wonder if I will like them…
I was able to do this by surrounding myself with positivity…
