Life Is full of learning experiences. We can choose to take an experience and weigh the good and the bad and learn what is right for us from them, or we can chose to ignore life's lesson.
I had a pretty bad habit of letting negative things get to me. I would focus on something negative that would happen and not be able to let it go. I wouldn't be able to learn and move on from it. As many times as I did this, it took a real good slap in the face for me to realize that isn't the way to live and it doesn't get me or the ones around me that I care for anywhere. It brought me down... And it also tended to bring those around me down. This is one of my weaknesses.
I was brought up in a home where at least one parent was very supportive, but she ALWAYS focused on the negative. She manipulated situations. And I now struggle to spend quality time with her even though I love her because her attitude and manipulative behavior is repelling. She has her strengths. She has a good heart. She is caring. She was a great she raised me with good morals. She loved me, unconditionally. She made sure I was taken care of.
Thinking about this, I was reminded why others around me might have found my focus on negative things to be quite repelling as well. I mean really, who wants to be around someone all of the time who is like that? However.... The thing is.. I have many strengths. I am strong. I am a good person. I'm caring. I have good morals. I am a devoted submissive. I love to help others. I am a good mother. This one one weakness was bringing me down and at times overpowering my strengths.
I have spent the last month or so working on this weakness I have and there have been times I have failed. There have been times I've said to myself. Woahhh woahh now, back up.. That was negative, you don't need that.. Let it go...(after I started heading that way). But I am working hard to overcome this weakness/struggle and I WILL succeed because there's another strength I have that I didn't mention..I'm determined as hell!
There is always a path. And I'm on my way!
I hope all of you will be able to overcome your struggles as well. Stay positive, stay focused, stay determined. You can do it!
Have a great day cage friends
-Ds