I was just talking to Lakshmi about this, although it's an observation I made a while ago.
At the end of the day, I can get into bed and think "Crap. I did nothing today, and that I did poorly. I have so much to do. I wasted another day. My life isn't what I want it to be". Or, I can think "Today was a good day. I'm happy, and I'm looking forward to tomorrow" -- and I can think either of those things about the same day and they're both equally true. You really do get to control whether the glass is half full or half empty, and there's a lot of power in saying things aloud.
I spent a little while saying the latter to Morwenna at the end of the day. It made me happy to say it, and her happy to hear it. I've stopped lately; time to kick myself in the ass again. It's a good life -- but only if I make it so.
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Date: 2007-05-16 07:11 pm (UTC)At the end of the day, I can get into bed and think "Crap. I did nothing today, and that I did poorly. I have so much to do. I wasted another day. My life isn't what I want it to be". Or, I can think "Today was a good day. I'm happy, and I'm looking forward to tomorrow" -- and I can think either of those things about the same day and they're both equally true. You really do get to control whether the glass is half full or half empty, and there's a lot of power in saying things aloud.
I spent a little while saying the latter to Morwenna at the end of the day. It made me happy to say it, and her happy to hear it. I've stopped lately; time to kick myself in the ass again. It's a good life -- but only if I make it so.