Day 44 - Positive thinking.....the "Secret"...

Ok, so you can cry in your milk a little bit, just don't live there....

Life is tough sometimes, but it is truly how you look at it and what you do about it....In other words, the sitution of life won't change, but how you look at it will make it appear differently to you and your attitude!

For example, take my broken bone in my foot....

A pessimist would say - "Oh great, it's all over....now what do I do? I can only burn 1/2 the calories on the bike than I can on the eliptical or treadmill.....it takes so much effort to drag this boot around, why me..... I'm losing my trainer Tyler....only a few pounds down despite my clean diet and gym dedication....blah blah blah blah............

An optimist would say - "Ok, time for Plan B - Glad I can at least do the bike, maybe if I bump up the level, I can get the maximum burn....plus I'm burning extra calories with this attractive boot I'm dragging around....and the one legged planks that I'm doing MUST be burning a few more calories.....I'm learning to work even harder than before, so imagine how strong I will be when I get this boot off in 3 weeks!!! Although I'm sorry to see Tyler go, I'll remember what he taught me, keep in touch with him, and see what I can learn from Laurie starting next week....as far as my diet, I'll keep going with that too as I KNOW the weight will come off and I will have continued success with patience, positive thinking and hard work"

WHEW, I feel much better, after that....because you see, I could be living in either place right now, but CHOOSING the latter....Why? No use wasting my energy or life on the negative energy...

Have you read the book THE SECRET? It is all about the power of positive thinking....what you "get back" is what you put out to the universe...as Amazon explains it:

"this New Age self-help book on the law of attraction as a groundbreaking and life-changing work, finding validation in its thesis that one's positive thoughts are powerful magnets that attract wealth, health, happiness... and did we mention wealth"....

I'll take the health and happiness for sure and well, ok, if I find any wealth, that is okay too :)!

So today I did about 50 minutes on a bike, burning 300 calories (I'll take it!) and had about 30 hard training minutes with my trainer...so I picked up some good things to do on my own during my own workout that will work with my foot....and make me get a great sweat going on....

I decided today (as I talked to myself on the bike, not outloud, didn't want to scare anyone next to me - ha!)...that this new chapter is all about POSITIVE ENERGY.....so dug up some neat quotes to remind me (and you if you need a little hit of positivity in your life right now...these are some good ones!!) See if you can find yourself in any of these....hopefully you are already "onboard" but if not, read them and get onboard today......I left my own comments in the parentheses behind each quote...

1. Where you go, no matter the weather, you bring your own sunshine! (Leave the thunderstorms elsewhere!!!)
2. It is so hard when I HAVE to, and so easy when I WANT to! (What do YOU WANT?)
3. The only disability in life is a bad attitude! (spoken by Olympic champion, Scott Hamilton!)
4. What is possible? What YOU WILL!
5. Good fortune shies away from gloom...keep your spirits up... good things will come to you and will come to good things! (LIKE THIS ONE!! It says it WILL COME TO YOU! My sweet niece, Allison aka Dr. Spirits will love this one!)
6. Where the LOSER saw barriers, the WINNER saw hurdles!!! (Get your JUMPING SHOES on :)!)
7. The human spirit is stronger than ANYTHING that can happen to it! (This includes broken bones too :)!)
8. If you have the WILL to win, you have achieved half of your success...if you DON"T, you have achieved half of your FAILURE :(....(Which half are you shooting for, it is your choice!)
9. When you BELIEVE you can, you CAN! (Do you BELIEVE? Try it!)
10. It's not whether you get KNOCKED down, it is whether you GET UP! (Get your butt up!)

Ok, remember the old saying, you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink....
I'm calling all of us out of the corral now, heading to the trough for some drinks :)....

Leaving you today a few good ones to think about..........so just for today SERIOUSLY ask yourself....

-What this day BROUGHT ME? What have I GIVEN IT?

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST....

Attitudes are contagious - are yours worth catching???? (Hoping you caught a positive one today!) Until next time.....chins up (for those of us blessed with more than 1 :)!!! Happy weekend to all!!!