A Christian's 30 Day Challenge To Deeper Living

Day 10: The Negative Optimist

I am the most negative optimist you will ever come across.  I am the sort of person who looks at the glass and says, "It's full!  Half air, half water!" but in the same breath say sadly, "It's too bad I'm really thirsty and this water is never going to help me survive."

I don't know how it is that you can be a negative optimist, but that is what I am.  I look at my life and go, "Wow, I really have an amazing life."  but then seconds later think, "It really is sad that I never got to be in band when I was younger.  I would have really enjoyed that."  Another example: when I was little, my parents used to go all out for my birthdays.  Like, insanely all out. Wayyyyy more than a normal birthday party.  For example, for one of my birthdays, we drove to a large city, rented an expensive hotel room, and spent about 4 days playing in pools and water parks and having parties and overall having tons of fun.  It was an awesome birthday.  But then my sister's birthday came around.  She got a present that I thought was cool.  I was totally put out with my parents.  How could they give her a present I wanted??  I remember locking myself in a bathroom sobbing quietly in the middle of her party.  I'm sure my parents were beside themselves.  They had given me the best, most expensive, party out of all my siblings, yet here I was sobbing over a measly present.  Yeah, that's not one of my most proud moments.  That shows my bratty side which I like to pretend isn't there.

It's time to rid of the negative.  There's really not much more to say.  I think I've summed it up pretty well.  We need to make it a point every single day to not look on the downside of life.  We have to search for that silver lining, and when we find it, rejoice in it!  God has blessed us beyond comprehension, we just have to remember the blessings and put aside all of our bitter feelings.

I hope you join me in working on being a positive optimist!

God Bless!

Aly :)