unyielding hope

when i heard then president-elect barack obama utter the words unyielding hope during his acceptance speech, it solidified what i believe in. i believe in unyielding hope and the power of being positive. i am relentless about being positive even in the midst of situations that might seem quite dark. i know my being positive has annoyed more than a few people at times, i'm not a good pity party participant. but it's easy to get sucked into a vortex of negativity and it's hard to climb out of it. so, i try to avoid it.

i've always smiled at the statement that it takes more muscles to frown than smile. or the question do you see the glass as half full or empty? but honestly, it all comes down to a choice - the efforts themselves seem quite similar. do you see the positive, hope for the best, or anticipate negative and expect the worst? it's just as easy and even more relaxing to see the best and expect whatever the "it" is to work out.

to live in a heightened state of negativity is very draining. to make yourself see the positive during hard times can be draining too. of course there are dark times in life...hopefully not too many to handle. what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. it doesn't get more positive than that. even in the darkest times to know there's at least something...someone to live for, brings hope. and as long as we can hope for something - peace, health, love, safety, prosperity - we live in a happier state.

wwcd: i'm hoping (and expecting) the best for us in 2010