kay.dix@ntlworld.com wrote...

Do you wish to be listed anonymously? No

Which area is your meta4 useful in? Can be useful to encourage a more positive perspective...

Which country? England

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Believing the best about yourself!

You may remember the story of the glass filled to the halfway mark, and how one person can look at that glass with great sadness and dismay, saying, "Oh, how awful, the glass is already half empty".... and another person can look at that same glass with a great sense of joy and happiness and say, " How wonderful ....the glass is still half full"

And of course in both cases, the glass and the liquid are exactly the same, but the perceptions are dramatically different. And since how we feel about our existence..... is influenced by how we 'perceive' our existence, then isn't it reasonable always to choose to perceive the fullness and satisfactions of life, and to distance from whatever losses, discomforts, or dissatisfactions may be an inevitable part of our existence?

And in so many ways we can add to our sense of joy in life by choosing to perceive the fullness of life, perceiving all of the positives that are sent to us throughout our days, all of the positive responses, the compliments, the affirmations all of the kind words and the smiles. Allowing ourselves to perceive them... and perhaps distancing away from whatever inevitable negatives there may be. ........

And perhaps you have in the past placed far too much emphasis on whatever negative or critical comments you've received in your daily life. You will have been trained in a false sense of modesty to dismiss the positive comments that have come to you. Isn't it better wherever possible, to help yourself really focus on those positive messages and to dismiss, or take less seriously, some of the inevitable negative messages you get in your daily life?

And perhaps also beginning to allow yourself to perceive the joys in nature more fully, really noticing when there is a beautiful blue sky and high white clouds, or really noticing the scenery on the way in to work as you drive. Or when you take a walk, really noticing the trees, and the sky, and everything in nature. Seeing the beauty that is around you, beginning to allow yourselves to expand your capacity to see, and feel ,and hear the beauty in nature, And in your personal interactions, seeing, and hearing, and feeling the beauty in your associations with loved ones, family, close friends, all of the good messages that come your way, perceiving them fully, expanding your capacity to perceive the joy in everyday living.

Ed's note: Thanks again Kay!!