Positivology
January 20, 2023
Let's think for a minute. In a 24 hour day how many minutes are negative.
First how many minutes are there in a day? 1440 minutes in a day. Wow! Thats a lot of minutes to think about.
You sleep for around 420 minutes a night. So good! How many of those minutes are negative?
For me, I don't sleep well or that much. I would day at least 60 of those minutes a night are negative. I wake up. Toss and turn. Sometimes I even get up to use the bathroom or who knows what else happens when I am technically asleep.
Wait??? Are you telling me that even some minutes while I am sleeping are negative? - YES!!!!
Ok Let's move on.
waking up - negative thoughts and even words to yourself. Hit the snooze - negative. Wake up - negative. I mean not for everyone but in general we think negative thoughts about getting up.
Then we have to decide if we will like going to work today or not. We have to think about if we like what the day has in store for us. Most of us don't think about the positive parts of the day. We dwell on the negative side of things.
Our kids, if you have them, or our spouse, if you have one, may be negative before you even get to work.
Man - this is tough to get through.
Ok on to work. Wait skipped breakfast. Ok negative thoughts. Either eat or leave. Leave or eat. This can be negative before we even get anywhere.
On to work.
It doesn't really matter throughout your day. It doesn't matter if you have a good boss or not. It doesn't matter if you work alone or with others. It doesn't matter if lunch break is at 10 am or 2pm. It doesn't matter if you get off after 8 hours of work of have a 16 hour day.
It is so easy to get caught up in the negative.
The people you work around or with. Customers or employees can be draining.
Why? Why do we do this?
We make a choice. We make choices all day long. There is. no one forcing your day to be negative. Yes there are some circumstances you cannot control but you can control how you view them.
Back to the photo that is posted with this. Dirty waters don't stop plants from growing.
It's your choice how you accept negative thoughts and actions in your life.
I think the biblical word for this is JOY! So don't let negative words stop your progress.
JOY - a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.
John 16:24 ~ Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
God is very clear. God wants to fill our lives with JOY. Its a choice.
1. Did you ask God for it?
2. Did you accept it?
I pray that you take the circumstances you are presented with and count it all JOY.
Don't let the dirty water change how you think and act.
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