Pursue Positivity

 

How do you plunge into positivity when moods and self-doubts disrupt your balance?

Trick yourself with diversion. Try these ideas and develop your own.

1. Laugh at the situation and yourself.

2. Give your  mood a silly name and have a conversation. Ask, "Who's the boss here?"

3. Try a few deep breaths. Start with five in and out. Feel the coolness through your nose and the heat as you breathe out. Enjoy the rhythm. Try a few ha ha ha's as you breathe out through your mouth.

4.  Wander around the block and pet a flower or leaf. Enjoy nature's nurture with all the senses. Feel a sense of playfulness.

5.  Spend a few moments in gratitude. Give thanks for five of  life's benefits you enjoy.

The Draw of Doors

There are things known and things unknown and between them, the doors." - Jim Morrison

Portals invite.

Often they distract the visitor.

Protection or seclusion?

Curiosity scents the difference in lilac.

What lurks or sulks in the silence behind the wood and brass?

House finches rise above roses.

Search for clouds.

Nurtured by freedom.

Stars sparkle in shadows,

reveal the hieroglyphs 

of spring.

Green arouses a desire to seek beyond.


Imagine the door open to dreams.

         Whoosh and once inside . . .

                Taffeta gleams and seams of organdy diffuse the light.

Dancers twirl and offer goblets.

          Will you take a sip?

Seahorses shine in curves of silver.

What will lead beyond barriers
of uncertainty?

Will codes of memory . .  .

Open? 

Focus of Moments

 

"The secret of health is not to mourn the past or worry about the future but to live in the present moment wisely." — Zen Proverb

Human beings have a difficult time just "being." We are always doing . . . worrying about yesterday, then shuddering about tomorrow.

The natural world has a lot to teach about existing in the marvel of moments. 

When the brain sends out negative thoughts or someone sets you off about events in the past or future, take time to identify with an animal in nature.  

Go for a walk. Forget about politics, negativity, and the weather. Discover a natural immersion. Appreciate the feeling of breezes on the arms, a whiff of eucalyptus, or a sight in your environment. 

Listen to birdsong and look up to appreciate the miracle of flight. Let the shimmer on a hummingbird's wings in sunlight activate a peaceful state of mind. 

Observe behaviors that fill each moment. 

Enjoy an opportunity to dance, trot, and breathe in, then out. 

 

Once in a rhythm, you will stop the mind chatter. 

 

Let laughter stimulate the stomach muscles to tighten.

The magic of minutes in the present will calm your nerves. Find a friend who will remind you to stay in that focus of moments.