Positivity

Greetings Everyone,

I hope you are all well today. Today’s message is simple: positivity. I tend to be viewed by others as a pessimistic and negative person. I am working hard to change that about myself. However, there are numerous reasons and events which shaped my personality. What I have come to learn is that our reaction to situations affect us in many ways. I never realized how much this was the case until I started having recent conversations with people.

I grew up a troubled child. I became a wounded adult in the process. I am understanding now that I have a lot of repressed pain and issues that I never properly dealt with. Letting go of the pain and baggage has been extremely hard for me. I am ultimately a work in progress and I am continuing to change my mindset. We as people deal with things differently. Life does not come with a navigational manual. It is comprised of trials, tribulations, victories and triumphs and lots of life lessons in the process. This brings me to my next point…

The people who we surround ourselves with can also impact us in ways we do not realize. One of the best lessons that I have learned; and one that continues to be a recurring theme is misery loves company and hurt people hurt people. I am very vocal about a lot of the experiences I had, many of which were abusive. The fact that I never properly addressed my issues in a healthy manner has proven that n the issues will manifest itself in ugly ways. I am a firm advocate for mental health awareness. I reiterate this because I have struggled with depression since the age of 5. However all of this is beginning to change.

The older I become, the more life experience and wisdom I gain – I am learning to love myself. I have overcome a lot of adversity. I am proud of the progress that I have made in my healing. I now understand that I am the way God intended for me to be – even with flaws and all. Self esteem is crucial. I admit that this is an area that I am working on. The thing that has been helping me to adjust is a more positive mindset and actions. I can honestly say I am seeing where things are slowly improving for me. I am happier than I have been. Life is 10% of what happens and 90% of how you respond to it.

In all of my social media platforms, I always post about spreading love and positivity. The world is negative enough. We need more positive to counteract the negative. What we think is what manifests. This is something I learned the hard way. It is something to think about.

Stay positive and please be blessed.

~Rayne Elise,