Positive Changes

Humans were built with the capacity to love yet it seems to me that the average person spends more energy hating something or someone. The negative vibes have the ability to drag down my spirit. Well, I'm always the first to preach to my friends and family about how we can't change anyone but ourselves. With that being said I'm making it my conscience effort to practice what I preach. "Give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others" is an excerpt from one of my favorite readings. So here's my goal... every time someone does something or says something to me that I view as negative I'm going to do or say something positive to them or someone else. I will not focus on the negative anymore. I have spent so much time in my short life being bitter about the way people treat me and others around them. It's all time wasted and I refuse to carry on like that. Take this for example, a friend says they will call tomorrow so we can plan a trip to the mall or to dinner. I haven't seen this friend in weeks and I'm totally excited about seeing them but I'm let down when they don't call or show for days. I will spend that time calling and making plans with someone I may have neglected instead of sulking about the friend that was too busy. Okay, so yeah, this all sounds good in writing but let's see if I can enforce this positive change into my life. Keep you posted! (Oh, and before I forget, this began yesterday when I deleted phone numbers of people that constantly cause me to feel bad about myself. I'm serious about weeding out the bad!) xoxoxo