Some life lessons/ Turning a negative into a positive

[Sopdet]

Something I was told on my retreat by the healer.

There are no problems.
There are no worries if you reach out with your heart and release them.

So I now send my problems & worries out to the universe with love.

I've also started to actively become more of a glass half full person, I've had too much bad in my life and I dwelt on it too much, now it is time for me to look at the other side of things, just like you did Tash with the vinegar

[Sunny Love]

I like that Sopdet! Quite a lot.
I heard something on a TV show last night, THE MIDDLE, the mum Frankie used the word problem-tunity....when a problem becomes an opportunity. I think she was on to something

[Astrid]

On the china topic, I often say that life is too short to eat off white dinnerware. I love coloured dinnerware and yes, I know it is more practical to go for white, but much rather have fun with colours. Looking forward to what our next dinner set will be

Tashy - I have had real issues in the past with not wasting things, saving them good, a better time etc. Of course things went to waste. Went off, out of date (fashion wise), too big, too small etc. Not completely over it, but I am much better with "not wasting due to trying not to waste"

[Fleur]

I learned that it is up to me, how much the actions of others affect me. I can choose to be angry and hurt, or I can choose to let it go.

It's not always easy. Sometimes I want to be angry, to do some self-righteous foot stomping. But I figured out a while back that anger has a shelf life & after that it takes more effort to stay angry than to just let it go.
And that sometimes, when someone hurts me, it's not about me at all, just them & who they are.

I try & figure out when something is really bugging me, why it is & what do I need to learn / gain from it - I do believe that where there is discord, there is a reason, and it's usually a positive hiding there somewhere, an opportunity for growth or learning. I'm still working on seeing those opportunities I've got a way to go, but I understand a bit of where I have to go. If that makes sense.

[Mum2SweetCs]

Thank you ladies, love hearing these stories
Tashy you wrote this thread so beautifully.

I've learnt that if you sleep without anger, you wake up a happier person (quite obvious).

When my DH and I argue we always try to find a resolution or say sorry before we go to sleep so at least we start the next day fresh.

[AnyDream]

Cancer taught me to stop waiting for someone outside of myself to approve of what I do, big things or little things, and just get on with doing what I want to do.