The Ramblings of the Titanium Don
Explorations of Conscious Reality Creation, Mindfulness, and Other Matters
Why do we seem so much better at expressing negativity than positivity? This question has been on my mind for a while now, and is part of why I began my other weekly posts about Positivity. Almost every Monday I’d open up Facebook or Twitter and the first thing I would see is complaints. Weekend’s over, here we go again, another toilsome workweek, fun’s over, and so on. Heaps of negativity, enough to undo any good the weekend might have
Everyone desires independence. Certainly there are times when having someone else to make decisions for you might be appealing, but overall I cannot think of anyone who doesn’t want independence. Today is Independence Day in the United States. While this is a national holiday celebrating our declaration of independence from Great Britain two-hundred and forty years ago, the concept of independence is far broader. All of us, as individuals, are independent of thought, of action, and of feeling. No one
In the now we are in control of our own feelings, thoughts and actions. Right now, at this very moment, I can choose how I want to feel. I get to choose if I want to worry about future events or reminisce about past events. I get to choose, right now, what I want to think about. I choose my actions at this moment. Society obsesses with both the past and the future. We think of the past that times
Welcome to another Monday. Yes, the weekend is over. How do you choose to face the work week? This is so much more within our control than we realize. Since we are each in control of our own emotional state, as such we each get to choose how we will face the day, and that can totally set the tone for how we face the coming week. I know some of the arguments that can made against this perspective. It’s
Love is the ultimate expression of positivity. We live in a world where love often takes a back seat to fear, to ignorance, to terror, to shame, and ultimately to hate. Yet love is something every single one of us needs, to the same degree as we need air and food and water. Love is often made out to be this grandiose, monstrous thing, often hard to come by, hard to keep, and hard to maintain. Nothing could be further
Living in the now can be as positive an experience as you make it. Living in the now allows us to only be focused on our immediate needs, our immediate surroundings, and ourselves. Living in the now lets us ultimately focus on pretty much anything and everything we want to. What’s the difference? When you live in the past you can really easily get caught up in all the “what ifs”. What if I had done ‘x’? What if I
Living in the now can be as positive an experience as you make it. Living in the now allows us to only be focused on our immediate needs, our immediate surroundings, and ourselves. Living in the now lets us ultimately focus on pretty much anything and everything we want to. What’s the difference? When you live in the past you can really easily get caught up in all the “what ifs”. What if I had done ‘x’? What if I
Sometimes you have to take Positivity in small doses. We all go through things where we find ourselves feeling displeased, unhappy, frustrated, sad even. There are lots of times where we would love to uncover and experience some positivity, but DAMN is it hard to come by! What do you do? You have to take into account the little things. Moments in time that may, when they occur, feel somewhat insignificant, but in truth they can carry a tremendous amount
I am a blank canvas. Often this is where I can develop some of my best creativity. I have nothing in particular in mind, and before I know it I have something I didn’t have before. Today, though, my blank canvas is remaining blank. Nothing has been coming to mind. I am feeling positive overall. That’s great, I am happy that for the most part I am feeling well, but I have had no idea what I should write about
Every week I conclude with this: Finding positivity is not hard, it just requires action. Action can take on a number of different meanings in this context. It may not be any kind of physical act, it may be an active change in thought or an active change in feelings. When I am feeling particularly down, or anxious, or uncertain, I find that I can’t just hope for the best and await something to provide me a mood changer. I