Nay Sayers

I try to be a relatively positive person.  Yes, I have my down days.  There are plenty of days where I feel like the world has taken a giant crap on me.  I try not to feel like that daily though.  One exercise I have for myself is simply remembering the good in a day.  I try to recognize one good thing that happened each day, even if the only good thing is that my cat snuggled me. 

Some days though, the negativity is not within myself.  Some days, the negativity is a gift (lol) given by someone else in their attempts to sabotage my happiness.  There are times that the bearer of such words is doing so in their feeble attempts to be friendly, supportive, or something positive.  Reality is, these words are not always received as such. 

"Are you sure you can go that far?"

"Is this really something smart for you to do?"

"Why would you do something like this?"

YES!  I can go that far, and farther!  YES!  This is something smart for me to do because it means I am taking care of myself!  I do this because I can and it is healthy for me to be active!  Oh, and I do it because I set a goal for myself, challenged myself to do it, and now I am accomplishing that!

I have learned for myself that there are some people I just don't share things with as I am met with more negativity than it is worth.  Those people tend to be the ones who learn about big items in my world after the fact.  I can doubt myself enough without someone else imposing their doubt on me, too.  I suggest to you, if you have nay sayers in your world, share your excitement with them after the fact.  This lets them be proud of you, and allows you to be able to avoid listening to their doubt.

One day, 18 hours, some odd minutes until my last training walk/jog, the Turkey Trot 5K.

Four days, 14 hours, and some odd minutes until I begin my next half marathon.