See the Good

If you were to walk into my bedroom you would probably think that a little girl lives here.  I have a lot of pink, and glittery things, and flowers; to me it is just a happy place to be.  I was looking at something things that I had tagged on a website under: makes me smile.  I found that the pictures that make me smile remind me of my family, or make me feel like a princess.  I just celebrated my 27^th birthday and you may think that at 27 I need to “grow up” , but there is something about knowing that prince charming is still out there, that glitter can make any day better, and a Disney movie can make any day better.

As we grow up we start to conform to the norms of society- we get jobs because we have to pay our bills.  We stop talking about once upon a time, and start talking about things that are happening in the world.  We no longer see fairies out of the corner of our eyes, but we always run into our exes.  I love the life I am living and wouldn’t change it for the world- and I have kept some of my childhood dreams with me- have you?

There comes a time in everyone’s life when we stop playing pretend and have to deal with reality; my question is why?  Why is it odd that I love the color pink, and fairytales?  I like pink because it is a happy color and it makes me feel better.  I like fairytales because they remind me that the good guy wins, the evil step sisters don’t always get what they want, and if you wait long enough your will be able to ride off into the sunset with prince charming.  I see nothing wrong with seeing the good in the world.

I know that there are people who don’t see the world the same way I do – and I understand that. There are days when I don’t see the world through rose colored glasses, but I try to make sure that I still have the ability to see the world that way.  I believe that it is when we become hard and stop laughing that we stop seeing the good in the world.  With all the bad things that are happening it is completely understandable that it is hard to find the good, but finding the good is what makes the bad easier to handle.

I dare you to look around your life and find the good.  It can be so easy to see the things that aren’t going the way we want them to, but what about the parts of our lives that are going wonderfully.  I may not have my dream job; but I have enough money to pay the bills and have fun.  I may not be married, but I have had time to find out who I really am.  I may not be able to see my friends and family as much as I would like; but I have time to work and when I see them it is even more special.

Having the ability to find the good in the bad is a quality that will put you in front of the rest of the pack.  By finding the good you have an outlook on life that not many others will share with you, but they will be jealous of your ability.  I challenge you to look at what you would consider “bad” in your life and try to find the good.   Carry something with you that will lift your spirits if you are in a bad mood.  You have the ability to see any situation as a good situation, it just takes practice.

You have it all & Confidence,

Lyndsay