Can anyone stay positive all the time?

Well I think they can try to be positive (or put on a great front) and I think that while trying to always be positive that we might miss out on the “other view” of our great works. Some people believe, as do I, that the lower energy state, some call depression is really the ability to focus in on details that can be improved – such as in our art, our writing, our music….

Where I believe that the lower insight period becomes a problem is when we put that negative analysis on ourselves, our lives and our relationships. I believe that some of the more negative view is necessary and that it only becomes a problem when we make it part of who we are.

I love this quote from George Bernard Shaw:

“Both optimists and pessimists contribute to society.
The optimist invents the aeroplane, the pessimist the parachute.”

In other words, be optimistic with your pessimism and teach your children to criticize for improvement –only gently their works, not their lives and others around them.

Creativity is known for not being detail focused so we can use our criticism, our lower energy state of pessimism, in a new way with a new meaning that simply means “time for our detail focus, for alternative views” because without these views we might not see how to improve on what we create. Focus it on what you do – not who you are nor the people around you! As always remember to be gentle with yourself and others.

Which bank are you depositing bits of your life into?

Roy H Williams (Monday Morning Memo) sent out an email today asking, “What are you buying with your life?”

Moments of our time pass by as we travel from here and now to where we are going and we leave little bits of ourselves along the way as if making a deposit into something – hopefully something great.

It is a wonderful question to ponder “What are you buying with your life?”   I have made many deposits into what can be and now I find that I am ready to switch banks and begin to deposit into the “making things happen” and “sharing great messages” to leave behind that which I may never fully see; the creation of a generation of people young and old with better mental health created with tools found within prevention.

I have spent years creating the books and the programs….now it is time for greater action!