Sending
Yourself Sunshine
Good Thoughts for the Day
The more
we accept our darkness as one part of the picture, the more
easily we can also allow and accept our light. When things
go wrong, it is easy to get into a bad mood, and that bad
mood has a way of spiraling out and affecting our life for
days to come. In the same way, when we feel badly about
ourselves, we tend to act in ways that have repercussions,
again creating a negative vibe that can negatively influence
the next several days. While it is important that we allow
ourselves to feel what we feel, and to be genuine, we do not
have to completely surrender to a dark mood or feelings of
self-doubt. In fact, the more we simply allow and accept our
darkness as one part of the picture, the more easily we can
also allow and accept our light. In this vein, we can temper
our grey moods with an injection of sunshine in the form of
sending good wishes to ourselves for the next 24 hours.
If you
feel a bad mood coming on or find yourself plagued with
negative feelings, take a moment to acknowledge that. At the
same time, recognize that things can and will change, and
that you can still have a good day, or a good week,
especially if you take the time to visualize that for
yourself. This is a great way to support yourself when you
are working through tough times and hard feelings. When you
visualize good things for yourself, you are sending yourself
love and warmth, as well as encouraging yourself to keep
going.
Before
you even get out of bed in the morning, you can take the
time to send good wishes to yourself all the way through to
the next morning. As you picture your day, take the time to
fill in the details—where you are going, who you will see,
what you will do—and send love and good wishes ahead to
yourself, as well as everyone you encounter. It will be like
arriving in a new place and finding that an old friend has
sent a bouquet of flowers from back home to welcome you and
remind you that you are loved.