Being Possitive

I used to be embarrassed to say I watched Oprah every day. There is this perception among the masses that watching Oprah is like sitting down with bon bons and watching soap operas. Not that Oprah is like a soap opera, but that the time spent watching it shows a life of "not much else going on". I disagree with that mentality, Oprah has changed so many lives by her show.
There is another part of me avoids saying too much about the show just so I don't hear the flak from the fundamentalist out there who say she is "off the mark" (I am being polite and not saying what they really say) this group of people, are so good at judging. So good at throwing stones. I don't agree with that mentality either.
Yesterday was about the book and DVD called The Secret. Personally it put a name on the philosophy I have practiced for years. What you put out comes back to you. Thinking positive makes positive things come back to you. I have seen it over and over in my life.
What you put out in thought, is what you get back. Deciding you hate to do something, makes it so you don't even find a grain of joy in that task. Deciding you feel ill, makes you feel more ill.
Deciding you are going to have a fantastic day, makes you look for every single ray of sunshine and acknowledge every tiny blessing. Notice the reaction towards you when asked, "how are you today? " and you say something like, "wonderful" "Amazingly fantastic, thanks !" Think about when asked that same question and you say something like, "hanging in there", "alright, I guess". You get back what you put out there.
In my life I have always assumed things will work out and that good things will come my way, and they have. Even the tough, not so pleasant happenings have served as amazing teachers. Each hard thing has made me more authentic, more of the me I am supposed to be. Sometimes I am slow in learning and don't get the lesson right off and have to go through the same kind of hard thing a few times, but when I "get it" I see the blessing in it.
Even the folks that have given me a hard time on the blog are wonderful amazing teachers. I sincerely thank them. One of which often posts on her own blog the very same subject I had written about a few days prior. She reads my blog and I am thankful for that. That is the most profound flattery.
I used to read her blog as if some sort of watchdog. How silly, now I read it just to read it.
I can now look at her with appreciation and a kind heart, for she made me grow beyond where I was a while ago.
My in-laws have pushed me by their dysfunction to look for ways to deal with them, thank you in laws !
I found ways to cope by searching for ways to not react to stuff that is not worth reacting to. To feel pity for their issues that drive their behaviors.
I have many lessons yet to learn, but can look on them in a positive light.
So much to reach for, so much to believe is good. So much waiting to be discovered.

Go out and get a copy of The Secret, read the book or watch the DVD. Worth the time and it will change your thinking. Be open minded. Learn from those who have embraced this way of looking at life.

My last plane ride

Photo taken Last June in Massachusetts,