Open your eyes, think for yourself, and by all means focus more on the uplifting than the tearing down...

Good morning, everyone!!!

​Sometimes in this life I just want to throw in the towel, become a hermit, and walk away from all the insanity in this world. Then I realize, I'm not filthy rich so I can't just disappear without a trace, LOL. It takes money to live and also money to follow your dreams. 

​So, I put on my big girl panties, jerk up those jeans, and carry on with the day. I remind myself quite often, I can say, I'm done a thousand times a day, but the reality is, I'm never quite done, because I don't believe in quitting :)

​Just because a bad day or two tries to wiggle it's way into a day, a week, a month, even a year, doesn't mean I have to reside there. I'm at an age where I know deep in my heart it is where I focus my attention that matters. So I move forward whenever things like this happen.

​Recently, I've found a few negative things going through my feeds. When I'm super busy in life and going through my feeds is the only moment of peace and quite I manage to get in for that day, well, it's disheartening. So I turn away from that peace and quite, because it is too soul wrenching to see how focused on one topic some people can be. There is more to life than what you see or read on the internet. 

​I quit watching the news and reading newspapers years ago when I realized it was no longer news but opinions. Journalism is supposed to be about facts, not the writers opinion. I'm too opinionated in my beliefs to be a journalist LOL. At least when I went to school for freelance writing that was the definition of journalist. Just the facts please. Opinions are formed from the facts not the journalist.

​There isn't a thing that happens today that people (in the press) don't think it is their right to share their opinion. So, to me, this sort of journalism is nothing better than the trash papers we all used to laugh about back in the day. You remember The National Enquirer. 

​So I get my news from walking out in the real world. Listening to people talk, hearing their thoughts and opinions, then learning whether or not they focus too much on what they are seeing and reading in the mainstream news media. Or if they are looking at the world through open eyes. Seeing what is really going on in this world. All you have to do is open your eyes and look around where you live to actually see what is happening.

​You can't do that sitting behind the internet or tv or newspaper all the time. 

​I've found thinking for myself. Focusing on what is real in my life and yes, even embracing the shit stuff in life just because it is part of life, is the best way to live my life. If I focused my attention all the time on all the horrible things this world has to offer I would always be depressed. There is enough in this life to bring about depression without obsessing over things that are beyond my control.

​I'm a writer. It is what I do. I write romance, so emotions are kinda my thing. When you live in that world a good deal of your life, well, let's just say my emotions get enough of a workout without having to add to it. It is hard to distance yourself from the emotions of a character when you need to write deep POV. You focus on what emotion your character is going through, you describe it, you almost live it. It is just the way it is.

​So today, my wish for you is to focus your energy where you are happiest. Give yourself permission to have good thoughts. And yes, it is okay, to focus your energy on the beauty in the world around you, even in the midst of the chaos.

​Everyone have a lovely day!!!

Blessings to all!!!










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