Every day is a new day
Every day is a new day. What a breath of fresh air. Maybe you had a lousy day yesterday. Maybe you had a lousy day 5 minutes ago, but whoever you’re talking to right now, especially someone that you’re talking to for the first time, doesn’t know all about the mess you’ve just gone through.
This is especially important when you’re starting out, because when we’re new at network marketing, we make a lot of messes. It’s the only career that I can think of where you can mess up again and again, and as long as you’re willing to pick yourself up off the ground and try again, you will succeed. There’s no one to fire you. There’s no one to give you a negative review. There’s no one to yell at you and tell you you’re a failure. No one that is, except yourself, of course.
And that’s the crux of the matter. The only thing you really have to pay attention to is your attitude. As long as you can keep your attitude positive and upbeat, you have nothing to worry about; nothing.
I’m not talking about a thin, false veneer here. That would be working from the outside in. I’m talking about a genuinely upbeat, positive attitude. If you just slap on a veneer, then you’ll eat yourself up on the inside. Those negative tendencies will just roil around on the inside and splurt out when you’re not keeping a tight clamp on them.
Instead, work from the inside out. Work on your inner attitude. Find a genuine way to view things that is positive and upbeat.
For instance, I ended up having a quesadilla for lunch today. Not long ago, my dairy allergy would have put me into a tailspin. But I’ve been able to beat my dairy allergy using an Ayurvedic herbal drink (which also works from the inside out, now that I think of it). I love cheese; always have. But I’ve had to avoid it like the plague for about 8 years and I miss it sorely.
Now that I can have dairy, I’ve been relishing the flavors and richness of this great protein source, so important for us vegetarians. It’s been a rediscovered treat.
Last week, traveling to Houston for a few days, my vegetarian diet limited me to grilled veggie sandwiches, and the only protein option available was cheese melted inside the sandwiches, while all around me, people were glorying in heaps of meat. Texas is not a vegetarian culture. But melted cheese on my sandwich? Heaven!
Until Day 4, after 2 meals a day, each the same as the last, when I finally had had my fill of cheese. Enough!
Now, here I am, 2 days later, faced with yet another melted cheese concoction. No longer heavenly.
So, there are a couple of attitudes I could adopt here. OMG I can’t believe I’m stuck with cheese again! Or. OMG I can’t believe I can eat dairy again!
Both are completely true, and while the first may jump to the forefront of my thoughts, I’m not going to cooperate with the negativity of that response. I’m CHOOSING to focus on the fact that I am, once again, after a looooonnngggg absence, able to enjoy cheese, especially melted, with wondrous flavors blending and enhancing, enriching my palette. I am one lucky lady.
So, when things get tough, when you’ve screwed up, or when things haven’t gone the way you’ve expected or hoped, find the positive angle that is true, although perhaps not dominant in your mind. Focus on that true, positive angle, and give it depth and texture, meaning and joy. Slowly, slowly, you will start changing. From the inside out.
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I take a couple thing away here. One is I also have bad effect from dairy…and hoping that I have some results as you. I can sometimes tolerate cheese but straight milk or anything based on cream (yes all the good stuff), not so much. I will be keeping an eye out for this is possibly add to my long list of benefits from Zrii!!!
Second, I can totally relate to the attitude thing. I am firm believer in finding something positive, not matter how small or insignificant. Finding something, no matter how lousy the day or bad the situation allows me to step outside of the negativity and have more perspective as well as just make life more enjoyable. I also have been known to Fake it Till I Make It, meaning I start talking positive and acting on positive things and the thinking quickly follows.
So enjoyed this post! Thanks again!
Beautiful, Marilyn. And so very, very true. Thanks for the reminder.
Hey, Meredith. You are a role model for everyone around you. Thanks for all of your points here; you’ve said it so well.
I’m looking forward to getting more information about this topic, don’t worry about negative opinions.
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