Somehow this just captures the moment when a struggle becomes a shelter. No longer feeling that the walls are closing in but instead they are in fact supporting and embracing you. What used to seem very difficult can become easy if you shift your perspective.
The ol’ proverbial rock and a hard place. How do you see the scene. Is it trapped or just perfected fitted to the situation.
I would prefer to think it is just at the right place at just the right time.
Perspective shift. With a splash of positivity of course. Daily.
I do tend toward giving inanimate objects a personality or sense of personality and I look at this stone… soft leaves on each side, a sculptural formation on either side that could almost appear soft and gentle… depending on your perspective… An embrace perhaps.
Sammy, pictured with her hedgehog, is a part of the Positively Daily family and a ‘ghost writer’ for us to share tips and suggestions for general topics and posts.
7 Micro-Habits That Will Change You For The Better
It’s common to avoid making changes, even though we say we want to. One reason for this is that we try to make multiple significant changes all at once. Science has proven that making a few small habit changes is the best way to create effective and lasting change. If you are ready to get started – check out these seven simple micro-habits.
1.Set Boundaries—What is the one thing you consistently do that depletes your time and energy? Maybe it’s a committee which you no longer want to be part of, or a weekly get together with friends that you’ve outgrown. Now’s the time to choose yourself over these non-essentials. Plan a way to get out of these time and energy draining activities. And when new opportunities come up, take some time to decide if they will genuinely enhance your life or end up merely stealing your time. Say no more often.
2.Start a Journal— We should credit ourselves more often for the positive choices we make. One way to begin acknowledging our accomplishments is by starting a journal. Journaling helps us work out problems, counteract stress and track our progress in life. It’s easy to overlook all the little gains we make during a single year, and looking back through a journal is a great way to see how far we’ve come. We can dream about where we want to go next.
3.Exercise—Moving our bodies around is good for lots of reasons beyond staying fit. It’s also about releasing those feel-good hormones that keep us happy and energized. Look at your schedule and see how you can work 30 minutes of exercise into your day. After a few days, you’ll start to wonder how you managed without the stress relief and energy exercising gives you.
4.Plan your MIT’s—Ever get to your desk in the morning and wonder where even to start? Too often we live and work in survival mode and never get around to the tasks that matter. One simple way to combat this is to plan your MIT’s—Most Important Tasks—for tomorrow before you leave work for the day. When you arrive in the morning, you’ll exactly know what to start working on, and you’ll avoid wasting time thinking through what you did yesterday.
5.Dedicate Time to Interests—When is the last time you did something during the week that you enjoyed? Many of us say we’ll participate in a hobby on the weekend, but when the time comes, we spend it doing chores or taking care of things that didn’t get done during the week. It’s time to change this. Instead of watching mindless TV or scrolling through social media after you wash the dishes, spend time doing something you love. Put together a puzzle, knit a scarf, pull out those watercolors. Whatever passion you think you are too busy to enjoy anymore, make time for it and watch how much joy it adds to your life.
Starting here with a series on the inspirational sources for us at Positively Daily. Dr. Joe is one of the biggest.
I have been a huge fan for a long time .. back in the day living in Portland Oregon I was able to see the movie What the Bleep Do We Know in the Bagdad Theater where it was filmed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And if you have seen it, you know what the million exclamation points.
On top of that – after the movie they turned up the lights and had the producers of the movie on stage for live questions! Wow. of course it was incredible.
At that time I was focused more on the general amazement of the topics, actually thinking I could follow the ideas of quantum physics (!) and the endless possibilities of the universe. Later I delved deeper into Dr. Joe and the miracle of his story and it has been a driving force in my life for health & happiness and all those words starting with H. There will be many a post about him and his philosophy! What a resource!
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