When life throws you a "curve ball"...

...you can swing with all your might.... or you can stop. Pick up a flower among the weeds and admire it's beauty.  Have a look at your toddler and let his giggles warm your heart.  Take a drive to the driving range and watch your golf ball sore through the air. Take a deep breath. And think of something else for the moment.

Because while you may be caught up in the heat of the "curve ball", and want to give it all you got to throw it back, making split decisions in the heat of the moment.... sometimes end up with regrets.

Meanwhile, if you just stop for a moment, focus on something else, anything, something positive, something that brings a smile to your face, tell yourself this, "Self, I'm not my happy self right now and I can't make an emotional decision that I may regret.  Take care of this subconsciously while I busy myself with something more positive and productive. " and come back to it later.

You'll come back to it with a refreshed perspective, calm and more level headed. At this time you can calmly decide to just let it go, or come up with a sensible solution. Pick your battles.  Don't waste your time with things that don't bring value to your life. Life is too short.  Your subconscious can do wonderful things if you use it more often.  It does a lot of background work, even when you're not actively thinking about it.

So next time you have a question, situation, feelings, issue, challenge, problem or whatever else that makes you worry or think too much, tell your subconscious to take care of it while you do something else.  You'll be amazed at the ideas that you wake up with the next day.  You may have coffee with a friend some day and have an unrelated conversation with them and all of a sudden it gives you the answer to what you were looking for.  You may read a book, and find your answer written in black and white, as if it was written specifically to address that lingering thought in the back of your mind.

It can be such a powerful tool!  Use it. Try it.  It's worked wonders for me..... whenever I've remembered to use it.  Of course some things take more time to figure out.  Somethings are right in front of you and you see it everyday.... until one day you realize it has a purpose or meaning.

I hope this doesn't come out as a ramble.  I challenge myself everyday to find the good in things, even the hard ones,  and it's made me a much happier person. This one has worked for me many times.

I would encourage you to find sources of positive energy to plug into everyday.  Be it a motivational cd from a favorite speaker, read regularly from books that offer positive information and allow you to grow in different areas, associate with positive people, attend intellectually stimulating events held by people with the intention to enrich your life (contact me if you wish to obtain some amazing sources).

If you put good/positive in, good/positive will come out.
Be happy and god bless,