So the second skill in the wellbeing course is Optimism, and yes it is a skill that those of us who tend to be pessimistic can learn. Turning what seems a bad situation into an opportunity for learning and betterment.
Just watching Sophia Loren who is now 86 and still acting, she said that in her childhood she experienced extreme poverty but she gained a lot of wisdom.
Not panicking when something goes wrong, that's the trick, not exaggerating when we experience adversity and pain. So today I'm going to feed myself with some optimistic thoughts when otherwise I'd feel blah...
I love the sun and it looked beautiful rising this morning when I cycled down to collect the birch water, half a liter today, not bad, seemingly trees can be tapped for water if we somehow run out of water 😏
But now the sun is gone and it's cold and grayish so what do I do with that feeling of loss and disappointment? Yesterday I could sit out in the sun and work on my pc😎, I could eat outside but today it's just cold. I accept it, of course, and that's the price we pay for pleasure is it not: when it's gone we miss it and yet we have to move on.
But I know that the sun is above the clouds and it'll come through again🙌 and so instead of saying it's cold and gray today, I'll say 'It's cold and gray now and that's ok because I need the contrast to really enjoy the sun when it's there AND I'll get lots of indoor jobs done, yeah'.
So rather than taking in future possibility of cold and grayness, today I will welcome what is, in this moment, and that somehow gives me joy. We are in this together. We are all challenged in some way or another. But as Sophia Loren pointed out, there was the pain of poverty but there was also the gift of love.
And even though my pessimistic mood/thinking😐 can seem ridiculously petty to those with far greater burdens to bear, Optimism is made up by a multitude of choices every day. I've shared just one area of many. All to be revealed😄
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