If today is not the best day of your life… pretend. It sounds like a sappy greeting card “ Today is the best day of your life” But it has to be. Because it is where you are in the reality of your physical existence, or are you ?
I can’t say it enough, stop living in the past. Stop dragging all the luggage of your past along with you. Talk about baggage baby, you got the full set – monogramed!
Pretend you are not the victim Pretend you are happy Pretend you are satisfied and content Pretend you are not depressed Pretend you are not lonely
A popular rehab drug program I know of, has a motto “ Fake it till you make it” At first that made me crazy when I heard it. “ What ??? How counterfeit is that ! You want drug addicts to pretend? To fake it ? But the idea grew on me… its a “practice makes perfect” idea. Habits are formed in 30 days…so lets work on changing our behaviors by “faking it” - Maybe “faking” is a poor choice of words, but it is how we convince ourselves to change “ I am thin – I love exercise” or “I love this job “ You are what you think of most…so isn’t it better to “fake” something while we learn how to change our way of thinking.
Being positive is always better than being the down in the dumps, negative, dooms day dullard of the party. So pretend ! Because, it is the best day of your life… you could be dead Imagine that you have been locked in a cement room without fresh air, without a window to open. The only thing to feel is cold, cinderblock, steel and plastic. You can see the birds, but you can’t hear them. You can see the clouds in the sky but you can’t feel the rain on your face. And then you are free. The cold air and the smell of the wind never felt so good. Your lungs hurt from the depth of your breath. You would be content and humbled to have so much. When you are deprived of the simplest of life’s pleasures, gifts and treasures your vison of happiness changes and gratitude takes the place of your self pity… How good grass under your feet feels. Please can I live one more day.
You have got to get over yourself. There is so much tragedy and sorrow in the world, why add to it with self pity and the lies you tell yourself. I see people everyday give up on their dreams and that is a slow painful death, to die of your own disappointment. I remember seeing a greeting card that said “ When life hands you lemons… tuck them inside your bra – couldn’t hurt and might help.” How could it possibly be bad to pretend that today is the best day of your life! It is the only day you are living in. Couldn’t hurt and it just might help ! When my 5 children were at an age where they were all bickering at each other, the noise was deafening at times and nothing seemed to get them to stop until I decided to convince them that happiness runs in our family. When they would argue I wouldn’t yell or punish them , I would say “ happiness runs in our family “ It didn’t take more than a few times for them to stop and they believed. Now they teach that principle to their own children. What a revolution we could have in this world if Mothers and Fathers had that as their motto. Happiness does run in your family – even if you are the only one in your family. Just say it ! Pretend until you can believe it. It’s not difficult to make a difference in the world today. Success is behind that locked door of belief in your mind and you have the key. ______________________________________________________
