I read somewhere that if we think of three positive things that happened to us everyday, it will help us immensely. Then think about why they happened. Then, how it could make you feel positive.
So, here:
1. Received a box of laddus.
Why? An acquaintance got a baby, so he decided that everyone who he knows should get these ghee-soaked balls stuffed with dry fruit with silver waraq on them. How did he get a baby? It probably had to do with those laddus. Maybe not.
How will it make me feel positive? Good question. I have a sweet tooth, so it satiated one aspect of me, one of my senses.
2. The power went off.
Why? Something must have tripped. It was not dark then, so one could just imagine the non-existence of light. By evening the weather is not that bad, so you don’t need artificial breeze.
How will it make me feel positive? In the natural positivity of no power, you look for candles, torches and the sense of touch. You listen to silence. Or you don’t. But you know you are listening or not listening.
3. Made a decision to cut my hair short.
Why? I am sick of looking at the same me. I am radical in my ideas, but it is the standard waist-length rubbish for years, sometimes a bit longer…
How will it make me feel positive? If the old has worked well for me, then I must rid myself of vanity. If it is bad, then isn’t it time I did something about it?
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I have written a whole load of crap, but positive thinking is about not letting negativity get close to you or affect you. For someone like me the latter is tough, so I need to keep away. I defend myself with numbness and cover myself in a cocoon of clouds which no thunder and lightening can pierce through.
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I look long. At the moon. The moon that can change. The way. Tides move. It looks yellow. Like a jaundiced eye. Not white. Like a naked sky. Night strays. Howls away. I yelp. For help. The moon turns. Its face. To reveal its dark side. And mine.
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The dark side of the moon – Pink Floyd
6 comments:
FV:
This positive-negative business gives me an eerie feeling -- reminiscent of algebra lessons and electro-chemistry classes.
In any case, my three positives right now are three of your blogposts today. So you have to have a minimum of three blogposts every day.That'd be a huge positive for many of your readers.
PS:
Awww...killing with kindness? No, seriously, thank you. I have still to figure out this teen numbri thing.
Say, are you really getting your hair cut? Cool. Get it spiked! Seriously. Let the radical through.
Positive thinking works.
That 'song'...was gibberish.
One of the best Floyd songs.
Positive Strokes through food , absolutely, proven by science. Chocolates and sweets pep up your mood , the extra sugar in body always gives a "Happy Kick" and that is why all happy people are overweight :), different story that once they realise that they are overweight, sadness kicks in ...infact I read in Reader's digest that sweets kill stress and people with stress reach out to sweets more .....
Hair Cut, absolutely, the most relaxing time of the fortnight, hairdresser's place always has better music and you feel a pause in time while your hair is being chopped ...you feel pampered...reminds me of mom when she used to comb my hair before sending me to school, holding my chin .....always miss her .....always a positive feeling leaving a hairdresser's place ....you feel happy looking at a new you in the mirror .....
Power went off, good, You are making greenpeace happy, light a candle, sip some chardonnay, cook pasta on low flame and play tabla on kitchen slab , hum an old tune ......trying looking at the everything in dark , everything looks so well...thats a dream ambience by chance ,,,,,
You can really see a Golden lining to each cloud .....
Mask:
Not that short!...spiked? It's enough that my prose is...don't want that hair standing on edge look. Too late in the day for that...sigh...
Read the lyrics of that song, you will like it. Besides, positive thinking should tell you that gibberish is also good...
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SM:
Agreed. Surprised that you have been exposed to it...
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Manish:
Now here is how the positive thinking 'worked'...the sweets got eaten sooner than expected.
Hair cut...it isn't like men, ok? Eik inch udaa do, thoda sar hilaa do, and lo...and behold. My stylist is on a...ahem, ahem... film shoot. Either I wait or take a risk.
The lights came on and all was 'normal'...no time to feel the ambience.
I don't like gold...so shall I settle for a silver or platinum lining?
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