Today's reading from "The Journey: A Calendar Book"....February 28th, "Take an active role when you can".
Setting
back and letting life quickly pass by, whether it be at home, work, or
leisure, is a certain way to become stagnant and become "blue". And
anyone who has experienced the "blues" knows how difficult it is to be
positive when they come around.
Just as physical activity dispels
the "blues", or any level of depression for that matter, emotional and
cognitive activity dispels stagnation.
When we take active roles
in life we become more a part of life. Having our opinions heard and
acted upon provides a feeling of self-worth which is vital to personal
success.
Last evening in the Ethnicity and Cultural Diversity in
America class which I teach we had a guest speaker who is a first
generation immigrant from France. She was around 70 years of age. One of
the questions asked of her was, "What does it mean to you to be
successful?" Her answer was simple, "Success is a personal thing. Having
been an active participant in creating happiness over my life is
success to me. Having a family who is happy and searching for their own
success means I've been successful".
How true...."Having been an 'active participant' in creating happiness over my life".
Take an active role when you can. You'll find as you pass through life you'll be a more positive, happy individual.
Keep looking up. : ) AJ
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