In today's episode, I'm talking about embracing the belief that your attitude is your choice and how I use it to avoid unnecessary and unwanted arguments, plus keep me from taking up permanent residence in Negative-Ville. This belief is what lead me to being dubbed the contagiously positive girl so I take it very seriously.
Why does that matter?
Because it is one of your power sources. What you wear, what you eat, when you sleep, your thoughts, your attitude, who you spend time with, the cleanliness of your home, your beliefs, your values, your feelings, who you love – all of these are your choices. Some choices are harder than others and change isn’t always easy, but it is always your choice and the path to happiness is always worth the effort.
Pre-Contagiously Positive days, I learned how much power I actually had when I not only took control of how I wanted to feel, but chose to work on controlling my attitude towards external circumstances. Letting go of the belief that I had control over anything but my choices, my reactions and my feelings was a big hurdle and a great lesson. When I finally understood that I could not control what happens around me, but I could control my reaction and my attitude to those external circumstances, I became happier, more relaxed and realized I actually was powerful. The power was inside of me. By focusing on controlling my own inner reactions and attitudes, it had a major affect on those around me as well. I am not the only one with this power. Each and every one of you has it inside of you. The only thing you need to do to ignite it, is to make a choice to take 100% responsibility for your life.
Soul Assignment
You can start taking steps to unleashing your inner Contagiously Positive and igniting your inner compass by going within. How are you letting external circumstances affect your inner wellbeing? Are you getting pissed off on your drive to work because of all the traffic, still angry when you arrive? Are you upset at the way your coworkers act, wondering how you can change them (which you can’t)? Are you participating in gossiping, and constant complaining? Is someone else’s bad attitude (energy vampires) draining you of all your energy? What can you do today to respond to something or someone in a more positive way?
If you want to learn the story of the birth of contagiously positive, head over to this blog where write about it: https://contagiouslypositive.ca/choices/