There is a lot of YUCK in the media right now. I open social media, turn on the news, read the paper and see a whole lot of YUCK.
Then I see the people who are trying. Trying to point out the GOOD. Looking for the Positives. Sharing the stories that create change for the better.
Jon Gordon writes in his book The Carpenter,
"When you see the good, look for the good, and expect the good, you find the good and the good finds you."
Last year I had note cards made with the above quote on the front and a quote from Gandhi on the bottom of the backside.
The intent of the cards were to send them as Thank You's to recognize people doing GOOD in and for our school. Our student council started this with a bulletin board posted in our school's main entrance and positive student activities shared on the board. It's quite easy to get sucked into the negative. It's easy to point out what isn't going right, what went wrong, and failure.
But, what if we focused on recognizing the GOOD, being the GOOD? How could this change the negativity, what's posted in social media, what's shared in the news, and how we simply went about our days? Can we be the change we want to see in the world by simply focusing on the GOOD?
A friend shared a TedTalk today by Shawn Achor. Shawn has a theory about looking at success backwards. Although the title of his talk is "Happy Secret to Better Work", he hits the nail on the head for life. If we were to only look at life through positive lenses, what would happen?
I'll be the first to admit I stink at this some days. Or, I put on a really positive front, when inside I'm dwelling on the negative and looking at the glass half empty. If I portray that negative I have inside, I'm not helping anyone else focus on the positive.
So, my theory?
Suck it up buttercup! Find and focus on the positive and then this incredible thing happens; my inside negativity begins to diminish the more I share the positive because those around me are also sharing in this positive.
We make a climate change that begins to shift our culture.
It's been called, "everyone drinking the same Kool-aid!"
(Yes, it's been used as a negative meme, but here, we only see the POSITIVE)
There is plenty of YUCK in this world, in our days, and in our lives at every moment. We do have a choice. Get sucked into it and stick with the negative "Kool aid meme" as our culture know it, or Be the CHANGE, Be the GOOD, and share a glass of POSITIVE Kool-aid.
You decide.
Drink the Kool-aid peeps. Help others find the POSITIVE.
Be the CHANGE. Be the GOOD.
