Cole Porter 'Night and Day' song (There's nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so!)

The title of this great Cole Porter song -Night and Day - also describes the sometimes changeable nature of my outlook on life.

Example: It is late evening, and I'm thinking about all I have to accomplish in the week ahead - rare books publishing, articles writing, connecting with my mentors and friends, technical problem solving that i had promised my friend, a call to my sister, work discussion with my partner on a joint venture, and so on, not to mention the minutiae of phone calls, email, internet searches, and follow up associated with each project.

I feel overwhelmed, tired, self-absorbed, and incapacitated.

Next morning: I awake before dawn and do some deep breathing. I meditate, watch the sun rise, and eagerly anticipate the day.

Today, I will learn outcome of my joint venture discussions with a partner, have the opportunity to create a new piece of writing, posting to my blogs, and maybe take a walk and enjoy some fresh air.

The same circumstances that seemed daunting, scary, and impossible to manage the night before appear filled with potential this morning. I am doomed - I am lucky. I'll get sick - I feel great! I will certainly fail - My day is filled with promise.

We call these "Night and Day" viewpoints the Good Reality and the Bad Reality, there is the yang side of it and a yin side of it. I would rather be in the YANG side of things - the Good Reality, pointing to the positive, pleasant, and full of possibility. The sun is shining, birds singing, and life is easy, flowing and fun. Problems exist, but i acknowledge these will be part of life. You cannot have just the SUN existing in our universe; there will be the moon arising when night falls.

My energy is strong and resilient.

But sometimes I drop into the BAD reality, where life is difficult, depressing, and stressful. Some times in the middle of the night I cried. Truth is, I've been cheated, betrayed by people close to me before. These painful past memories will weigh me down, making me inadequate, and feeling powerless. I simply cannot delete these memories from my brain just like deleting files from my PC. I can't find my energy or my spirit when this happens.

Is it a choice? I think it is. Something is happening out there, and my viewing lens changes my experience. My thinking makes it so.

Sometimes I can get there on my own steam. I just change my mind, or laugh at myself, or both. When I'm too tired to find the road back, I rest or take myself out for a cup of tea. When I am kind to myself, the Good Reality always returns. When I CHOOSE to look for all the awesome things in my life, the GOOD reality will return.

And so I experiment with the Reality channel and how the external world changes with my viewing lens. Shall I live in the Good or Bad Reality today? How about you? Which one are you in now? Can you cross over?

I would love to hear from you on these questions. Is today awesome? Tell us!

The capacity to believe that by changing my thinking I can change my reality is a gift. I know this. Partly, my life is about sharing this gift.

I hope you have an AWESOME day today!!!

"There's nothing either good or bad but thinking makes it so."

- William Shakespeare

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