Optimism vs. Pessimism

"When you wake up every day, you have two choices. You can either be positive or negative; an optimist or a pessimist. I choose to be an optimist. It's all a matter of perspective." – Harvey Mackay

Well what if I don’t want to be!  Do you ever have one of those days where you know anything that can go wrong will go wrong…one of those days where you know you are going to have just a day full of bad luck. You find yourself saying “I cannot catch a break” or you feel as if you are already getting kicked while your down..well that is your 20’s for you! Just Kidding – but not really.

So in just a few short days I turn the big 2-6 which means I am officially in the later part of my 20’s and be warned there will be a woeful post and a goodbye to my youth – bleh! But this post is not about that, it is about the pessimistic glasses that I sometimes wear and for some reason cannot take off.

If you are a devoted reader to my blog, which you should be, you have read post after post of how I am the conductor of the hot mess express which is my life – 
well this post is more about how I view my life then the actual events of my life. 

So my mother, is literally my saving grace some days, but is more importantly my rock and by that I mean every time I feel like I am just floating around with no direction, she brings me right back down to Earth with a big ol’ reality slap – don’t worry I have an example…

So a few weeks ago, I was having my melodramatic whiny moment where I think my life is complete crap. With a simple roll of her eyes and a few mom-ish one liners, she brings me back to reality – and it becomes clear that I am simply wearing my pessimistic glasses again. For every 5 things in my life that go right, one goes wrong and I find myself focusing on that one thing instead of 4 awesome things that I should be totally grateful for. But instead of noticing those things, to me it feels like one bad thing after the next – this is NO way to live. 

 I cannot be the only one out here who does this!  Is there anyone else who feels as if they can’t catch a break, or if you utter the words “why me” more than once a week?  
It’s not that you are a pessimistic person and I am not saying go be an optimistic person but I think that before we go around worrying about all the bad things in our lives let’s take a look at all the good things we have going for us.

I often have to remind myself of this when I’m in a bad mood – for whatever reason it may be – but if I get hung up on something, I need to let it go. Focus on the positive, learn from the negative and move on.

Yeah yeah yeah…easier said than done. 

On a brighter note here is a picture of my dog in a rain coat...

From one pessimist trying to be optimistic to another – Cheers!