You'll notice in
snippeteer backtalk
today, I purposely highlighted snippeteer Geri's phrase:
"I cannot remember the last time I had a bad day. It just doesn't happen."
You have often read in
SNIPPETS
on the topic of choosing our emotions. Since I write inspiration for snippeteers as much as for myself, I do not tire of the reminder that I
can
choose a mood
in the morning as I wake up.
Do I want to be light-hearted? Belligerent? Crabby? Playful? Annoyed? Courageous? Appreciative?
How about you?
Do you want to feel afraid? Alive? Forlorn? Cheerful? Gloomy? Hopeful? Energetic?
How would you like to feel?
What emotion will you choose today? It is free will ... voluntary.
We are able - and allowed - to choose upbeat emotions even amongst worrying about people we love / even in the middle of a bitter battle with someone / even as we dreadfully miss people who have died or live too far away / when we are not yet ready to forgive a friend / when we must handle an obligation we may not like / when we may not feel so hot physically / or as we need to tackle a grueling workload at home or work.
Gratitude and light-heartedness are always available to us. And if you find it too challenging to feel positive when there's too much happening - or - you just don't feel like it (choice) - then choose
neutrality.
I can drift into a funk (choice) - like any of you can. None of us muggles are immune to the blues (choice). As we catch ourselves diving into a handpicked deliberate choice is when we can turn it around -
if we want.
We can invite in our lighter sides and ask ourselves to tackle the day as a cheerful person.
Geri refuses to "allow" a bad day to happen.
BRAVA, Geri!
Even amongst anything she may be managing, health or otherwise, or anything awful she has experienced in her life, she grants herself a good day - it is a gift to herself. Certainly a terrific attitude to adopt.
Bad days not allowed. So go ahead, dare yourself to choose a feel-good emotion - it's voluntary.
"Emotions do not just happen to us;
we are responsible for them.
Our inability to control emotion relates
to our limits controlling our beliefs and
thoughts."
~ article in Psychology Today
