Focus on the Good Things

Have you been feeling a little bummed out lately?  Maybe a little like your life is not working or filled with struggle?

Sometimes we go through rough patches, even "the perfect people".  It's human.  We are actually made to pay attention to the "bad" stuff while the "good" stuff slides right by.  Our brains are like Velcro for the bad and Teflon for the good.  There is an evolutionary basis but, um, who cares really.

Sorry.

I guess that's the bad news.  The good news is we can develop the good on purpose.  What we put our attention on is what creates our reality.  So we can shift the focus of our attention to the good things in our lives ON PURPOSE.  Yay for the good!

It takes a little effort but the pay-off is well worth it and pretty much immediate.  

An idea for developing the good...

start a Joy Journal, a notebook dedicated to noticing the good things in your life. 

There is an App that makes this ubber doable.  I love this App.  We can keep an electronic joy journal with it.  It will even send reminders (if you want) so we can hear a chime at random moments throughout the day.  The chime invites us to notice the good things going on for us in that moment. 

Here is a link for you to check it out, Joyful Journal.