So its 2am and as always a ton of stuff is flying through my head and I feel as though if I don’t write something my head is going to explode.  Therefore I must engage in this therapeutic writing session…

Soooo this past weekend me and my brotha Anthony Lee were invited to perform at a show at UC Merced.  We drove up and engaged in a fatty road trip bromance sesh.  During our drive we started reflecting upon ourselves and began to discuss things we wanted to improve in our lives… this basically led to discussing the changes we wanted to see within ourselves.  

And my brotha Anthony said some words that really resonated in my head.

Something along the lines of… “I want to be more positive…its getting harder to stay positive about situations in life, and it didn’t used to be like this”

And I HELLA RELATED to that!!!  So then the obvious next question in our discussion became:  how do we become stronger and more positive????   Now I’m not claiming to have some mind-blowing answer to all this… I am simply experimenting with solutions and trying to see what works best- and I wanted to share these experiments along the way.  So here goes…

When it Comes to Everyday Things:

The Thankful List:  I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again.  Being thankful keeps you sane.  Literally go down the list of all the things you have in life that you are thankful for.  Even though it is super generic… really think about it- it can become a crazy chain reaction of thoughts that can completely transform your DAY… which could result in changing your WEEK…. which could result in changing your MONTH ….which could result in changing your YEAR… which could result in CHANGING YOUR LIFE!!!! hahaha

so here’s an example!

-I am glad that I have a house… damn actually I’m glad I have a bed…holy crap I’m glad that I’m warm when I sleep at night…dude I’m glad I’m not hungry when I sleep at night…

I’m already hella in a better mood right now LOL for real tho.  When you wake up everyday or maybe even setting a daily ALARM to remind you to do so… might sound crazy but reflecting upon your blessings is something that I feel should be prioritized in order to be thankful and rejuvenate your strength to be positive amidst the negativity of our everyday lives.

When it comes to People:

Finding the Root!:  What exactly is it that is bothering you or keeping you from being positive in situations pertaining to people?  Not easy to do at all.. but pinpointing the exact cause of why you feel a certain way towards someone/something can help you to remedy it in a more effective fashion… Usually for me after you dig down deep I’ve found that it seems to all boil down to deep insecurities within yourself.  Either they’ve somehow poked a deep insecurity within you, or you’ve poked a deep insecurity within them… or an exchange of pokes at each others’ insecurities which causes this whole negative chain of energy… eff that!  Pinpoint the insecurities, be aware of them, then solve the problem and delete hahah.  Insecurities plague the world but God has yo back and if you call upon His help… HE HOOKS IT UP! LOL

Not sure if that made any sense… but felt like documenting this thought anyways.

Also…… having someone be accountable for you is HUGE.  It can basically serve as a POSITIVE recharge for when you are feeling down.  When you are aware of a change that you want to make within yourself, it doesn’t hurt to let someone else know about it… and reach out for their help on it even.  Now I’m not saying you have to get all emo (if you want to be emo thats cool too lol), but even just as simple as telling someone that you want to quit being lazy about something… and then having that person remind you to get up off your butt and pursue your dreams can be infinitely affective and helpful if you let it be.  

WHY AM I WRITING ALL OF THIS YOU ASK??  haha well I feel as though the time has come for change!  AN Immediate change for me!  

If everyone in the world was a little bit more positive about life the world would be a different place… even if it started with about 20 people being hella positive.  Sounds stupid i know… but really think about it!  In just a one day, even just 100 People throwing out madd positive energy to everyone around them (putting people in good moods and transforming any negative energy into positive energy) would resonate into thousands of people’s lives.  Those good moods would continue to spread and if that positive energy was able to be maintained.. maybe people would be able to perform to their life’s fullest potential instead of letting negative thoughts inhibit their goals and dreams….

Lots of crazy stuff is going on in the world right now.  North Korea just attacked South Korea… There was a stampede in Cambodia which killed 400 dead and counting…

Lately It feels more and more like these are chaotic times we are living in are only going to get crazier.  We can either watch it happen before our eyes or get up and do something about it-

Let’s be soldiers of positivity and promote change within the world.  First babysteps with positivity, then with realizing our own goals and dreams..  and focusing on how we can actually contribute to changing the world as individuals instead of sitting here on Earth contributing to a meaningless existence… Let’s affect the World… one positive thought at a time.

POSITIVE RECHARGE son.