Day 12 - Relax and Unwind

I know, I know, I really need to think about dropping the day counts in the titles of my postings but for now they are still carrying the weight of the amount of consecutive days I have been writing and honestly, I kind of like that.  I am creating a habit that I truly enjoy and the day count enforces that feeling of accomplishment. I think that it is important to recognize and respond to the little positives through out the day.

Another positive that I experienced yesterday was the amazing works of a friend and my go-to massage therapist, Jessica.  The art of massage is something that takes years of training and practice to master, I think, and when you find someone who really has mastered it, you follow them wherever their practice leads them.  The body, made up of organs, muscles, skin and bones has many different ways to let you know things are out-of-wack, for a lack of a better turn.  Massage helps to remind the body to relax, let go of the stress, and maintain a balance, allowing you to feel better, move better, and relax deeper. 

Along with massage, I have been using hypnosis or deep meditation to help me relax and focus deeper within myself conscience these past couple weeks.  It really helps me to focus less on things that don't really matter and push my mind to the more positive things, the helpful things, and release the rest of the negatives in my daily life.  Wow, just imagine not having any negatives. Oh they will still be there but you will look right past them or only focus on the positives surrounding them. 

Personally I feel that focusing on the positives, focusing on what is good, helps one see more good.  Consider this.  When you walk along a beach, hearing the waves as they roll in and out, seeing the seagulls as they fly over head, watching the occasional pelican fly just over the water, feeling the cool sand under your feel, feeling the waves roll over you toes, do you think of any negatives? 

Training your mind to find the positive side of things is not something that comes as naturally to some as others.  Especially when we are constantly bombarded with the negatives.  Turn on the TV and what do you see?  The news is almost always bad, the commercials are focused on ailments and drugs, even some of the dramas we watch are of murder and pain...and these are what we call entertainment.  We are constantly watching and focusing on negative.  So taking a moment to find the positive, relax, breathe deep and let the universe know you want to see the hummingbirds as they drink from a feeder, watch a group of dragonflies as they dance in the air eating, find animal shapes in the big puffy white clouds that bob overhead on a warm summer's day.  Find the positive in every moment of your life.  Find your happy.