Power of Positivity

Hey @HenryX thanks.
it's so draining. I'm not sleeping because I can't stop coughing.

sorry this is meant to be a positive post.

Hello @BlueBay

Yes it's a positive thread, which means that if you are not well and you let us know, then we can send lots of positive feelings, sentiments and thoughts your way. That's how it is positive.

Cheers

@HenryX

Thanks @HenryX xxx

Wow @bipolarbunny this thread has really taken off!

I have been a pessimist most of my life, but I know someone who changed from pessimism to optimism so it can be done!

Hi @Cin so glad the forum is useful for you. Me too... a Godsend, lifechanging is not overstating it.

Ok. Let's do it...

1. My eyes

2. My sense of humour

3. My deep compassion

It's a start!

Hi @BlueBay @HenryX @Shaz51 ... and everyone else who makes their way here.

Hi @bipolarbunny, I too love that you are a tomboy at 52. A strong virtue to be kind and good to people when feeling wretched inside.

Hi @frog, I share your tendency to pessimism, but am currently taking some steps with my psychologist towards growing more optimism within myself. Me too on the forum being life changing. The humour and deep compassion you mentioned, a wonderful combination of personal qualities.

Hi @Olga, wonderful to rejoice over small achievements, me too. That's one thing that's helped me slow-walk my way out of my deepest depressions.

Related, I have a gratitude app that prompts me to take a minute or two every day to write something. Some days it's been just one word, others one sentence, or a couple of paragraphs. I find it another small way to celebrate good things about my life, even if they are very small. One of my gratitude entries was 'peanut butter'!

In case anyone reading is interested in this, it's a free/no-ads app for Android called Presently, very highly rated on Google Play store. It has inspirational quotes for every day and prompt questions to help when I run out of ideas of what to write.

Five positives about myself for today:

• my sensitive musical appreciation of bird song (early morning chorus happening as I write)
• playfulness
• resourcefulness and creative thinking
• being an essentially kind and caring person with good intentions
• embracing exercise as a genuine pleasure over the past few months, and doing more of it.

I am going to include things in the past 24 hours

1) Ate peas and corn at dinner

2) Contributed cookies for a funeral today

3) Did a 10 minute walk outside despite terrible weather. Will go to the shops to do further 20 minutes.

4) Ate breakfast

5) Enjoyed the view at the ocean. Walked down onto a viewing platform.

6) Found five positive things

Meggle

Here goes for today..

1 Spoke with my Son

2. Had a shower

3. Went for a small walk.

4 Completed some activities on ecouch app.

5. Was honest with a friend about my MI instead of avoiding it.

after a terrible start to my day -

I managed a walk around the block without an asthma cough YES!!!!

I had a nice coffee with my daughter ☕️

Now knitting 🧶

My positives for today are that, when feeling very low, I looked in and found that several of my fellow forumites had been thinking of me. Thank you to each of you. I hope things are going well for you. Stay well,@Shaz51. Stay happy.

I haven't been keeping up on everyone's news - so can I ask how the house is going?

Best wishes.

ohhh way to go my awesome friends @Oaktree , @Cin , @BlueBay , @bipolarbunny , @Historylover soo proud of you all xoxo

My positives for today is that we worked for 6 hours

had the afternoon off from 2-30pm

@Historylover, we are not rebuiling yet my friend , looking after my elderly mum at the moment xxxx