Saturday, February 7, 2015

The Big Picture (in a negative world)


The Big Picture (in a negative world)




Have you seen this video?  https://vimeo.com/105788896
It is intended to promote animation 
and jobs with Indeed.

My husband always gets a kick out of it, especially the end of the video.  

Today however, I watched it and saw something else.
If you watch it to the end - you will see that this rock person stopped the boulder from destroying the village, but he destroyed the church. 

1 building down 
and the villagers start attacking him.
The Rock man frowns 
and then lets the boulder 
finish the town off for the lack of gratitude!

So, this is what I thought.
How often do we have something finally go just right, but 1 little thing 
gives us a negative thought process.
1 little thing 
robs us of enjoying success or what went right. 
1 little thing 
gone wrong causes us to miss the 'big picture' 

How many times do you hear from those who you rely on to uplift and believe in you....
"You'll never make it"
"It's not possible, it'll never be done"
"You are going to fail"

How about how we talk to ourselves?  
That 'negative self talk'
where we tell ourselves...
"She/He is better than me"
"I don't have the skills to succeed"
"This is too hard, I might as well give up"
"I'll never get this right"

and so on.

I love to seek out positive things to read.  I love hearing about people who succeeded regardless of limitations.  

Have you ever heard of Nick Vujicic?
His story is remarkable to me.  
A man with no arms, no legs 
and yet he has such a 
positive outlook 
and desires to share with others. 
I love this poster:

There are going to be bad days - no doubt.  If you are breathing, you are going to hit walls.

However, if you constantly tell yourself you aren't good enough, or that you aren't going anywhere, eventually you won't be good enough 
and you won't go anywhere.

TV is filled with negative news. 
Facebook is filled with hurting, angry people.

However, there is still good in the world.
There are still great role models.
There is still hope!

So what is the big picture?

If you are having a bad day - talk to a friend.
If you haven't left your house in awhile - go take a walk.

A prime example is the movie 'About Time'.  
Tim discovers that he can travel back in time.
As the movie progresses, he realizes what is important.  After his dad passes away and Tim can no longer travel back to see him after his child is born, he starts making the very best of every day.

He wakes with purpose to make each day the very best, as if he had traveled back in time to that very perfect moment.

Will this attitude always work?  Probably not.
I am sure willing to try and I hope you will too!

Have a Perfect day and don't let the little things bring you down to the point you miss the big picture!



Reach for the mountain and soak it all in!






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