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“Attitudes are more important than facts”
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Said Dr. Karl Menninger, a famous psychiatrist.
The fact is, life is not easy. Fact is, we will always have problems. Fact is — and this is always I have to remember and apply to my own life — there will always be negative people, emotional dumpers who will throw their misery at you, and people who can’t stand your happiness and your successes and will do anything to dishearten you.
Fact is, we can all be above that.
Lenses, for photography, are crucial to good photographs. And filters help in some ways, if you know how to use them. Ever heard of polarizing filters? I’ve used them not only for photography, but also for microscopy during college for a lot of laboratory work. Polarizing filters allow you to see and emphasize certain characteristics of what you are looking at, depending on the orientation you place them. When taking photos, for example, you can use a polarizing filter when taking outdoor photos to make the skies look bluer, make your pictures pop with colors…with life.
The way we look at life is similar to having lenses. We see through them. We can choose how we would want to see these things and add “filters”. Do you want a positive filter and see life as very vibrant and wonderful? Or would you don a negative filter and see things boring and sad?
One thing I’m continuing to learn is “polarizing” the way I see things - Do I look at thorns and think they’re ugly? Or do I think they possess their own beauty just waiting to be appreciated? I’ve always been a happy person and at any given time or day, I can tell you that I am 1000% happy…truly, wholeheartedly. It baffles some friends and they asked me — how could that be?! I chide that it could be possible that my cup of happiness is very shallow and easy to fill, thus it overflows. Perhaps, that’s it. To me, there is no point in misery. Life is short and I will live it the best way I can, and as happy as I can. Yes, I have really bad days, too, and I’ve hit rock bottom at one point in my life. It was the darkest, ugliest place I have been and I resolve never to let myself be in that awful place again.
One of the things that irk me on a daily basis are emotional dumpers. They get to me like stinging ant bites. There are a lot of these people and I really try hard not to be affected, but like ant bites, they’re hard not to scratch! One of the things I have been doing is just filter out these negative comments altogether and just focus on the good things.
What do you do when someone tells you something just to make you feel bad, just because they are in a bad mood and want to spread that gloom?
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Laugh.
I’m not being trite, nor do I think this is always the easiest solution. Especially when what was said has a nugget of truth. But really if you can see the pathetic attempt to drag you down, it seems kind of silly and sad. But laughing is more fun than crying.