Think Positive

Truly committing to fears, tears, pain, chaos and joy, fun, living, and love.



Through living you experience and in doing so go through experiences that you certainly never counted on, but went through nonetheless.


Someone once remarked that I was not afraid of failing. I took this remark quite highly. If someone had met me 25 years ago I am sure they would not have viewed that awkward braces and glasses wearing 13 year old girl as someone who wouldn’t be afraid to fail…wouldn’t be afraid to try to play basketball of which I had virtually no skill, not afraid to try to go to college, not afraid to move away from family and friends, not afraid to move to other states, not afraid to enter into a relationship some may view as difficult, not afraid to take on personal and professional challenges, not afraid to encourage others, not afraid to move again and again, not afraid to go through a difficult time in my life, not afraid to visit the other side of the world, not afraid to MOVE to the other side of the world, not afraid to work with a lot of men, not afraid to work on a relationship after meeting 19 years prior, and not afraid to fully give myself to someone else, but mostly not afraid to learn.


Sometimes it is through difficult times that we truly gain the most. I know that if I hadn’t experienced pain I might not have grown. My dad used to say “no pain no gain” and it couldn’t be more true. At the same time my mom often said “you gotta think positive” which was even more helpful. Because while you can go through rough things you could very easily take a negative spin on it, however if you look at the pain in a positive way it can bring about results that you had only dreamed of and never truly thought possible.

Who?

It has been a little bit of time since I last wrote in this blog, I suppose I have been a little bit preoccupied.   Is it possible that when you are living life that you don’t always fully experience it?   I have heard advice and quotes such as living life to its fullest, taking advantage of things etc.  While this is all true and important, it matters more about the Who that you are experiencing it with.  Again those relationships are so important.   Recall your friends, family members and colleagues and the joy and sometimes pain that you encounter through shared experiences.  It is the Who and not necessarily the What.  Two months ago while I was exploring and investigating Doha I was experiencing things but not always fully enjoying it.  Because of a decision to visit an important Who in my life, I seem to be enjoying those little things even more than before.   In fact, maybe not quite this fully in over 15 years.  I can’t say why exactly except that it works and excited for those things that lie ahead.