This is my first blog
This is my very first blog and I approach it with both a mixture of excitement and nervousness. Excited because there is so much I would like to write about. Nervous because – well, it is all new for me and I don’t know who I am writing to, if anyone will read it or if anyone will find it interesting enough to keep reading it. But I have just come across a book I bought and began to read a few years ago – a book called The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz. For some reason I never got past the first few pages back then but timing is everything so I have heard – I am now about to begin the sixth chapter.
The book is about positive thinking – groan, groan I can hear. But I have to say, I really do believe in it. I used to live in Spain some years ago and became acquainted with a man from Chile who introduced me to this subject. It wasn’t long before I was reading all manner of literature on it and, more importantly, putting it into practice. It worked! It really did! I won’t go into the endless examples of how my life changed – because, sadly, it didn’t last very long. It is hard work being positive all the time and I soon
fell into old habits of thinking – oh no, it’s Monday, oh no, it’s raining again, oh no, I’ve got another meeting with so-and-so – much easier to think in such a way it would seem.
I fully intend to finish the book this time around (you are most welcome to ask me if I do so in the Comments section) because I am at the start of a new phase in my life and I want to Think Big. Things that I always wanted to do are now happening, things that I wanted to learn are now being learnt. I feel energized. I feel I have already grown in emotional and mental stature. I feel like I am already a best-selling author. I have stopped myself here from writing anything negative and self-deprecating as I would normally do. I am Thinking Big. Apparently the great philosopher Disraeli said: “Life is too short to be little.” What a lovely thought.
„Life is too short to be little“ is a great statement …
To chance your perspective, you have to leave the opposite behind. The question is: Are you ready?
Thanks for the comment Elif. I think I am…
Great to see this site up and running.
An outlet for your talent.
Thanks Roga. It was about time.
Whatever makes you feel like “you”, does worth the time invested I guess 🙂
I quite agree – thanks for your thoughts.
Hats off to you. I think it’s great that you are doing what you are doing. Carry on doing what you are doing, I find it inspirational.
Lovely words to inspire me too – thanks Jacky.
‘If you want the rainbow, you have to put up with the rain’. David Brent quoting the great philosopher Dolly Parton
Love it!
I’ve just finished reading your book “bumping into love”, lovely book, very uplifting. I’ve bought your next novel “8 doors, 8 secrets” I’m excited to get started
Wonderful to hear! Thanks so much and please let me know your thoughts on it when you have finished it.