Positivity: Little Things of the Moment
Life is full to overflowing of little things.
These little things are day-to-day items, occurrences, people, places and things that build up positivity. They are many, they are varied, and all too often they are taken for granted.
The little things are things that bring us moments of contentment, of joy, of peace. They make us focus on the moment, forget the overarching world situation. They are of far more power and import than we realize, and they can help us live better, happier, more content lives.
What are some of these little things? Things like a cup of coffee, the smell of baking bread, the purr of a cat, the snuggles from a dog, holding hands with someone, cat videos on YouTube, laughter, achieving a goal, a text message from a friend, standing under a hot shower, music on your favorite Pandora station, the trailer for that movie you are looking forward to, and so on.
Everyday items, tiny things that happen which are positives can hold far more power if we let them. We often gloss over them, take them for granted, and neglect just how powerful they can be. We are so caught up in deadlines and politics and gossip and work and school and society and these over-arching things that we forget to empower ourselves.
These little things happen briefly, in a moment. They just are, they feel as if they take little or no time, because we get far too focused on “events”. Big happenings like parties and meal times and appointments and what we did over the weekend and what we have to do during the week and the like occupy us, to the neglect of these little things in the here-and-now.
We have come to falsely believe in the importance of those big moments. Weddings, anniversaries, weekends, birthdays, promotions, buying homes, graduating and the like get so much of our attention, and assigned so much importance, that the little moments of every day become insignificant. The little things wind up neglected for their importance in making our lives fuller, more positive, more worthwhile.
During the day consider these moments that pull you firmly into the here-and-now. Nothing is so insignificant that it can’t be used to build more positivity. Especially now, in these days of such vast and far-reaching uncertainty and concern and outright fear, every ounce of positivity we can generate is a tool we can use to keep the darkness at bay, and live the best lives we possibly can.
Finding positivity is not hard, it just requires action. Knowing that we are inundated by little events and happenings each and every day, we can put them to good use. When we relish these little things of the moment, and we let those moments of positivity into our days, we empower ourselves. When we feel empowered, we often spread that feeling to others around us, and as such can build more positive feelings in the collective consciousness. We can use the positive feelings this generates to dissolve negative feelings. When we take away negative feelings, we open up space to let in positive feelings, and that is something we can be grateful for. Gratitude leads to happiness. Happiness is the ultimate positive attitude. Positive attitude begets positive energy, and that is always a good thing.
This is the one hundred fifty-fourth entry of my Positivity series. It is my hope these weekly messages might help spread positive energies for everyone. Feel free to share, re-blog and spread the positivity.
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