Viewfinder

When we look through the lens of a camera, or our own eye, we see a particular picture – that is colored by how we see the world.  A photographer can capture something you or I would’ve never seen or “perceived” without their keen sense of imagery.  Each of us, in our own way, distorts our own viewpoint…to either create beauty in our lives or not.

I think life is how we VIEW it.  And how we THINK about it. 

If we view things as negative, they are negative.  If we say things like “I’m impossible” or “I’m annoying”, well then most likely we are.  “That’s just the way I am” is not only a false statement but a devaluing of our own power to be anyone we wish to be.  It is, in a sense, an excuse.

In our lives, we have choices.  We can either choose to do the best we can or we can muddle around in the idea that nothing can change.  We can look at ourselves with kindness and know we are good, or we can berate ourselves for not being “good enough” (whatever the hell that is.)  As Dr. Wayne Dyer said – he liked to recite 5 words to himself – “I choose to feel good.”  He made the CHOICE to feel good…because it is, at its core, something you choose.

Oh, stop being so positive….I’ve heard that throughout the years.  And I say, why?  Is it better to be negative?  Isn’t being positive always a better choice?  Hey, it certainly can’t hurt.

Trust me – I’m no role model of positivity….or anything really.  I just like to believe in the good in people – in their struggling spirits…that the life they want is the life they can have.  If someone has a baby and worries – I’ll never be a good parent, then they are selling themselves short.  I would ask the question, “Do you want to be a good parent?”, and if their answer is yes, then they can make it so.  A perfect parent, no – a parent who loves and cares about their child and does the best they know how – that’s totally doable.

If we rid ourselves of the negative self-talk (I have to work on that all the time) and cut ourselves some slack….and stop worrying so much about all that which is out of our control, and concentrate on what our hearts tell us, I think only good, exciting things can come from that….a life well lived.

We have the choice, always, to decide how we want to look at our situations, how to think about them, and how to react to them.  It is our choice.  With practice, we can alter these viewpoints to create more clarity in our lives.  To truly SEE what is real…and follow it.