Let’s face it: Some days are just bad. It could be the rain impacting one’s mood, a bad experience, yesterday’s problems lingering or even a bad conversation. Negativity clouds out the sunshine and can make even a great-start day turn sour with a seemingly small incident. On days when it seems cold and miserable, it is good to have a few positive reminders -- no matter how simple -- that the day can still be good and that better times are on the horizon.
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1. You got up today.
Wrestling oneself from the clutches of comfortable blankets can be quite the battle. Dreams are alluring, nightmares are difficult to escape, and sometimes the day can seem overwhelming. But you are warm and safe. Whether this morning was difficult because you were comfortable, exhausted, or didn’t want to attack the day -- you got up, and chose to stand.
2. Life is good, even if today is not.
It is all too easy to have one bad experience color the rest of your day, or a particular experience. For example, trying to make friends and having one stranger shut you down can make approaching other strangers a bit more challenging in the future. It is important to remember to let yourself step back, breathe, and know that not everything is cookie-cutter. Different experiences arise and often, a bad experience may help you learn to make the next experience even greater.
3. It’s not raining, it’s melted snowing!
Sometimes a cold and cloudy day has an effect on the mood of the world, but it doesn’t have to stay that way. You can stay in, break out that Snuggie and dig into that new television show you’ve been itching for, or watch a horde of corgi puppies tackling an unsuspecting human. Break out some warm tea and get comfortable; make the day your own. Feeling playful? Don a bathing suit, grab a friend, go outside and dance till your heart’s content. Turning something negative into something positive is one powerful mental smile.
4. You beat the odds!
What is the probability that you exist, exactly as you are, in this place in your life? Considering all the challenges, decisions and influences that you have -- not to mention genetics -- that have made you into the person you are. An author named Ali Binazir has attempted to figure out this exact probability. Between the chances of your exact ancestors meeting since the beginning of humanity, carrying that lineage up until your parents' meeting and having kids, the reproductive system and the factors of birth, then your individual history, the chances of you existing -- as you are -- are staggeringly small. In a nutshell: You are a miracle. So rock it!
Positive thinking helps reduce stress, encouraging one to think of bringing themselves up rather than putting themselves down. It is difficult to find the sunshine in the storm, but even reminding oneself that it is there even if it’s not visible is a powerful perspective. Dark days don’t last forever. Something out in the cosmos decided that the world would be better with you in it. So hold your chin up high, you beautiful miracle, you.
