21 Days Positive - Kids #Day5

I have 3 amazing kids who are growing up into very different personalities, I love seeing how they are learning and developing as they grow. I treasure every time I spend with them, I'm so greatful that I have been blessed with such georgous kids.
Everytime I think about them it brings a smile to my face.

21 Days Positive - Flowers #Day4

While out last night I came across a small pergola which was absolutely covered in wisteria, the flowers hung down from the rafters of the pergola in a similar way to grapes would but the colour of the flowers are shades of lilac, the smell of the flowers was so strong filling the surrounding air with the sweet smell, almost too strong to be around. 
I love seeing the different flowers throughout the year, starting off with snowdrops, indicating that there is hope and life after a bleak season, then the crocuses, and daffodils. Followed by blackthorn giving the empty trees a splattering of white, the moving well into spring you get the wild garlic, with its strong aroma and the bluebells mid spring. Now the weather is getting warmer and the flowers are starting to turn into fruits.

So from a simple flower which is pretty to look at and smell, you then start to get the fruit from the flowers. Showing that good things can come from what looks like a lifeless period in the seasons.

21 Days Positive - Smiling #Day3

Today is all about smiling, when someone looks at me today I'm going to smile at them. Whenever is think of it in the office I'm going to stop frowning and put a little smile on my face. The down side to this is that sometimes a little smile can be confused with trapped wind, but then if someone ask you can smile at them explain and then both laugh, which will give you a genuine happy smile for long.

21 Days Positive - Sunrise #Day2

Today there was another sunrise, I havent seen as many sunrises as I'd like, I been awake for plenty of dawns and love listening to the birds singing during the dawn chorus, they start the morning off by singing their hearts out, I may not be able to sing as well as a bird, but I had a real spring in my step this morning listening to good music.
The sunrise indicates that its new day, yesterday has been and gone, remember the good parts, forget the bad parts, learn from the mistakes. 

21 Days Positive - Parents #Day1

I have amazing parents who have always been a positive input in my life, they have and continue to give out so much to me and my kids, and also to my siblings and their families. My parents have always been dependable whenever I've needed them, giving time, money and emotional support. I love you mum and dad

21 Days Positive - The Project

So today I turn 36, at this point in my life I am well out of the young and youthful phase of my life and have to accept that middle age is fast approaching. When looking back on my life I've realised two main things;

• Life doesn't stop for you 
• I have become negative and grumpy, 

I have found that rather than making a helpful comment I would rather make a sarcastic, or demeaning one to get cheap laughs, or make myself look better by knocking others back. I used to be happy and fun loving but I have let life get the better of me and wear me down.
I don't like being so negative and short tempered, I'm going to stop dwelling on my own thoughts and start to look outwards at the bigger picture and see what the world has to offer.

So from today for 21 days I will be posting something that I can be positive about, sometimes these will be small things, but others times it will be much bigger things. The thinking behind this is to start the day off in a positive mindset, which will in-turn make the day more positive, and then after 21 days I will hopefully have a more positive outlook on life and will continue to find the good. I'm going to try to stop before I speak and think about whether it is positive.

I want don't want to be grump anymore, sooner or later I will lose friends becoming lonely, I want people to like me want to be with me to because I'm fun, happy and positive.
I know this is more than just 21 days but you can't start a journey until you take the first step (or 21) once you're walking its easier to keep going.

You cannot turn your life around if you don't start moving.