Tag Archives: Positive Thinking

Jan 7 2012

Positivity Begins With A Smile

Yesterday I woke up with a good song in my head so naturally I was singing all day at work. In my own personal good mood for no real reason at all, I walked around the office smiling at random people and the reaction I got was truly amazing. One woman I never spoke to stopped me in the corridor just to tell me my new haircut was fabulous (definitely cut my hair last month and saw this same woman every day at work). Another guy who works on the same floor (different company) stopped me mid stride to ask if I was a Model. And every player I had was unusually pleasant, a few even raved about how gorgeous I am (although, anyone would be gorgeous if they were handing you a check for thousands of dollars…lol).

The accolades were great for boosting my self confidence but I didn’t see anything too remarkable in those. After all, the complements could have been because the particular cut of jean I was wearing made my ass look phenomenal, or simply because it was Friday and everyone was ready for the freakin’ weeken’ (lol). Either way I didn’t care about WHAT people were saying to me, it was HOW they said it. Everyone I ran into saw me smiling and in turn smiled back, they had no choice but to say something good because my energy made them feel good.

I felt Powerful, even a little manipulative…Bwahaha. My Positive Energy bestowed itself on to innocent victims leaving them with nothing but a cheery disposition! I kid, but seriously the truly remarkable part of it all was the reaction I got from the Haters of the office, the women who seemingly are always in a bad mood for no reason and you dare not bump into because they will bring you all the way down( beware they are everywhere!). Even they couldn’t resist the energy that radiated from inside me and I realized Positivity is contagious.

Psychologically people are affected by one another through emotion. If someone is sitting around bashing the entire Universe and gives you a grim look, of course you’re going to be in a bad mood afterward. Not only that, you might even cause someone else to be in a bad mood when you walk in the next room talking about how ugly Sally was in the break room and how she “better not mess with you” because you “got those hands for her” (lol).  Negativity is just as contagious as Positivity the only difference is the outcome.

I understand we can’t walk around everyday like we just won a Sweepstakes but we can try to start our days off with something positive that will last all day. If positivity is beyond your realm of imagination I suggest you try thinking about your favorite song, or just smile at a random person. You might make someone’s day or better yet you might even make your own day.

<3 Chris

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Dec 23 2011

The Ten Scrolls to Success

Earlier this year I felt like my life was going into a vortex of doom. I had been date raped, my car was stolen, my mother abandoned my younger brother leaving him homeless, the love of my life( or so I thought) was no longer in love with me after six years. I felt displaced in every situation and I drowned myself in self loafing. I told myself I was stupid for trusting that guy, unlucky because out of all the nice cars in the lot the thieves decided to steal mine, I should have never left Ohio and that I was the reason my mother decided to leave,  and I was a horrible girlfriend that’s why my love left me.

I couldn’t grasp reality… between what was happening in real life and obsessively replaying events in my mind, I lost myself and I lost time.  It was November and I never actually stopped to recognize the Positive things that happened to me this year: I graduated Albany State University with my B.A. in Psychology, I got a full-time salary paying job with benefits, I got a new car, My brother moved to GA with me and was able to spend more time with him, I let go of an emotional roller-coaster relationship, I was granted a seat on the Board of Directors of the L.E.A.D Foundation, I was cast as an extra in a J.Lo movie, I took acting classes, I auditioned for the American Musical and Dramatic Academy and not only got in but was offered a generous Scholarship, I started my first website and I met some wonderful people along the way.

Before I had this outer-body experience and realized the bigger picture of things I was sitting in solitude one day wondering why I was so unhappy and so unsuccessful, scanning my memory to a time when I was happy and excited about the future and I remembered reading this  book called The Ten Ancient Scrolls For Success by Og Mandino. I remembered I was about Thirteen or Fourteen when my Grandfather gave it to me to read. I remember that it was small and blue,the front cover was blank, had no more than 50 pages and I read it over and over again for about a week before I gave it back to my Grandfather.  I looked for the book at the library but I couldn’t find it so I went to Google and found just the Ten Scrolls and that was all I needed to unlock the things I learned from it years ago. I now have this printed on my desk at work to remind me everyday how important I am:

  • Scroll I – Today I begin a new life.
  • Scroll II – I will greet this day with love in my heart.
  • Scroll III – I will persist until I succeed.
  • Scroll IV – I am nature’s greatest miracle.
  • Scroll V – I will live this day as if it is my last.
  • Scroll VI – Today I will be master of my emotions.
  • Scroll VII – I will laugh at the world (Keep perspective)
  • Scroll VIII – Today I will multiply my value a hundredfold.
  • Scroll IX – I will act now, I will act now, I will act now.
  • Scroll X – I will pray for guidance.

I recommend all of my fellow AberrantMuses to read The Ten Ancient Scrolls For Success: From The Greatest Salesman In The World by Og Mandino if for nothing more than a little bit of inspiration.

♥Chris

About Og Mandino:

Mandino’s main philosophical message is that every person on earth is a miracle and should choose to direct their life with confidence and congruent to the laws that govern abundance. He wrote in Scroll I, “I will not fail as the others, for in my hands I now hold the charts (the Ten Scrolls) which will guide me through perilous waters to shores which only yesterday seemed but a dream.” Og was also a proponent of taking action now. In Scroll IX, the phrase I will act now is written 18 times. He recognized that all successful people take on their own lives by “charting” or consciously choosing both the desired destination and the path to reach it. Mandino’s philosophical messages have Christian undertones. They are encouragements to build good habits, to live according to the laws that govern abundance and to find a vigor and joy in life as we learn to stand at the helm of our ship charting its course into the safety of the harbor instead of just waiting for someone else to bring it in.