My good mood is mine and I have to protect it
August 13, 2009Lately I’ve been reading and learning a lot and from a lot of different sources I’ve been getting the point that our mood is our choice. Matter of fact, from Simpleology I got our mood, our personality, and our attitude is our choice.
And I really agree. So, if I want to have a good mood, and a good attitude, what is the best way to do that? Do I just decide and magically that’s it? Can I suddenly be cheerful all the time? Well, no, not me. But, I can do my best.
And, I can refuse to let others interfere with my efforts. First by refusing to let others get me down. And better still, by refusing to be around people that habitually affect my mood and attitude in a negative fashion. What a concept.
I have friends that I really love. But, boy, are they depressing. They have such a hard life, or at least that is ALL they want to tell you about. And, they are so depressed, and that comes out over and over AND over again in conversations. And, yes, I HAVE felt guilty in the past not listening to them so they had someone to hear them, but, you know, that meant that I had some of that come into my space. And I don’t have to do that anymore.
I have been working a lot with a younger woman lately and helping her set goals and create a plan to move toward it. Yesterday she said she was looking around at the people she knew and realized that she was looking for people with ambition, with goals, with a need to grow to be better people. And really, most of the people she knew and hung around with, just went from weekend to weekend, Friday to Friday, mostly depressed. It was a real eye opener to her and to me.
So I am going to have a good mood and a good attitude and I will do what I must to protect it.
