I've spent my life as someone that isn't the most positive. That's being generous. I can be a real Debby Downer. I refer to myself as a realist because it makes me feel better about how I view things, but the truth is that I'm a borderline pessimist. I guess that's the big revelation.
Hi, My name is Elizabeth and I am a pessimist.
Why exactly does this matter? It's simple. I'm tired of constantly dragging myself down. I'm exhausted from the emotional warfare that I've waged against myself for the past 29 years and I am ready to make the changes that are necessary to end the war.
Truth is, life has thrown a lot of negative my way. Between my terminal mother and my obsessive relationship with my work, I'm spent. And that's just two factors. But this is not a place for me to gripe about the negative things or vent about the things that set me off. I can say that for every hurdle life has thrown at me and for every single heart ache I've survived there have also been some amazingly beautiful moments in my life. And that's the point. It's time to zone in on the awesome.
Every day (I'm being hopeful) I intend to visit this blog and showcase that day's silver lining. I plan to express true gratitude for the wonderful things or people that I encounter along my way through this life and explain how they kept my chin up that day.
My hope is that this mission will help me refocus and evolve in my way of thinking. I want a fresh, new perspective. I want to go through this life graciously and as someone who lived, loved, experienced and persevered. that being said, it's time for a change.. or twenty. And this seems like a pretty great place to start.
