What the hell was I thinking?
"Is willing to accept that she creates her own reality except for some of the parts where she can't help but wonder what the hell she was thinking" ~ Brian Andreas
I found this quote online the other day and thought it put a good twist on the new age notion of creating one's own reality.
I do believe in many ways we do just that. I believe that what happens to us is either created by ourselves subconsciously, or a product of our reactions to events that occur.
One could examine that old chestnut: 'Is the glass half empty or half full?'
Some say you see life positively if you say it is half full. Some say you see it negatively if you say it is half empty.
But it's not as clearcut as that. I believe there are other responses that are just as appropriate, such as:
Who's been drinking out of my glass?
I'm just glad I have my own glass.
Just what is IN the glass anyway?
Why isn't there any ice?
How much did it cost in the first place?
Who cares, let's have another anyway!
You know, lots of the same questions can be said about life too. I like the little motto: "Be Wild. Be funny. Be crazy. Be stupid.. 'cause life's too short to be cool.'
You see, I have decided my life is for living, not just existing and I really DO believe it is what you make it. So if I want to really LIVE my life it doesn't mean I have to change my life - it means I have to live and savour the life I have.
So, from now on, that's just what I am doing. Tomorrow when I come home from dropping troll off to school if the sulfer-crested cockies are in the paddock up the road playing around, I'm going to stop the car and just watch them for a while, just like I've wanted to for the last two weeks but have felt too busy to do so. I'm going to laugh at them, grin at their high jinks and count myself lucky I have such things in my life.
I'm going to see the pretty things I pass every day.
I'm going to mind my own business and not worry what my son is doing, or just what is growing my daughter's room under her bed or what the new neighbours think of me.
Instead, I'm going to spend time cuddled with warm furry kittens on a warm soft bed.
I'm going to do the things I love, simply because I love them.
(Does this mean I get to 'do' tygrr too?.. *waggles eyebrows*)
And yes, I'm going to be naughty and mischievous and leave Dragon prints all through my house and scattered through the years of my life. I want to make sure I know I've been here and I've LIVED!
And tomorrow, tomorrow I begin creating the reality I want and I'm going to pay much closer attention to exactly what I am thinking!
And damnit, I want ice in my glass!
I found this quote online the other day and thought it put a good twist on the new age notion of creating one's own reality.
I do believe in many ways we do just that. I believe that what happens to us is either created by ourselves subconsciously, or a product of our reactions to events that occur.
One could examine that old chestnut: 'Is the glass half empty or half full?'
Some say you see life positively if you say it is half full. Some say you see it negatively if you say it is half empty.
But it's not as clearcut as that. I believe there are other responses that are just as appropriate, such as:
Who's been drinking out of my glass?
I'm just glad I have my own glass.
Just what is IN the glass anyway?
Why isn't there any ice?
How much did it cost in the first place?
Who cares, let's have another anyway!
You know, lots of the same questions can be said about life too. I like the little motto: "Be Wild. Be funny. Be crazy. Be stupid.. 'cause life's too short to be cool.'
You see, I have decided my life is for living, not just existing and I really DO believe it is what you make it. So if I want to really LIVE my life it doesn't mean I have to change my life - it means I have to live and savour the life I have.
So, from now on, that's just what I am doing. Tomorrow when I come home from dropping troll off to school if the sulfer-crested cockies are in the paddock up the road playing around, I'm going to stop the car and just watch them for a while, just like I've wanted to for the last two weeks but have felt too busy to do so. I'm going to laugh at them, grin at their high jinks and count myself lucky I have such things in my life.
I'm going to see the pretty things I pass every day.
I'm going to mind my own business and not worry what my son is doing, or just what is growing my daughter's room under her bed or what the new neighbours think of me.
Instead, I'm going to spend time cuddled with warm furry kittens on a warm soft bed.
I'm going to do the things I love, simply because I love them.
(Does this mean I get to 'do' tygrr too?.. *waggles eyebrows*)
And yes, I'm going to be naughty and mischievous and leave Dragon prints all through my house and scattered through the years of my life. I want to make sure I know I've been here and I've LIVED!
And tomorrow, tomorrow I begin creating the reality I want and I'm going to pay much closer attention to exactly what I am thinking!
And damnit, I want ice in my glass!