Hello to all my fellow readers out there. I hope everyone had a good holiday. I do apologize for no post last week, but I ended up taking some time off to spend time with family in North Carolina, which has been a very good thing to do. I certainly hope everyone has been staying as safe as possible, but at the same time people lifting each other up has never been more important than it is now.

I feel the new year will bring new challenges, but good challenges all the same.

I’m going to put this out there for everyone to chew on, and just let it sink in and see how it pertains to your particular situation at the moment. Without going into particular details, I’ve been presented with an opportunity to seriously boost my income, which honestly hasn’t been that great for the past six years. I feel this new opportunity will be a positive move in a new direction, but at the same time, I can’t help but be skeptical that things are actually turning around for me. I have gained important experience during these years of hardship, and my belief in the positive has been clouded by the negative aspects of that experience at the same time.

I do honestly believe that our thoughts and our actions direct who we are and who we become, but I have a hard time shaking off the not so positive aspects of how experience has shaped and molded my psyche. I keep thinking, “What if this happens, like it has happened before.” According to the Law of Attraction, positive thought is the key to a positive future. So why am I having such a hard time believing that this new opportunity could be the change I’ve been looking for to better my life?

Now that I’ve presented the situation, and put it out there in the universe, I welcome any and all feedback from readers who have been in the same situation, and how they dealt with it. With the crazy uncertain year we have all just been through, I know there have to be many more people out there in a somewhat similar situation.

At the same time that I do welcome feedback, I want to at least provide some sort of solution. It may seem a bit weak, but it’s honestly the best I can come up with at the moment. It only makes sense to emphasize the positive as opposed to the negative. I really have to drill in my head somehow that experience comes as a package deal, positive and negative. Use what you have learned, both positive and negative, to propel yourself forward. Precautionary measures are important to keep from diving into anything and everything opportunity wise, but don’t let the negative experiences hold you back. Don’t let them define you.

As I write this, it feels like I’m writing these words down so I have them to read back to myself. Hopefully this works for everyone reading this as well. There’s something about writing words down that helps to cement them into your brain.

So for all of us out there that are looking to turn things around for ourselves, use whatever you can to do just that, and stop harping on the negative. Accentuate the positive.