{"id":73,"date":"2012-03-19T18:43:23","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T18:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bittmanbliss.com\/wordpress\/?p=73"},"modified":"2012-03-19T18:43:23","modified_gmt":"2012-03-19T18:43:23","slug":"what-if-we-looked-for-the-good-more-of-the-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bittmanbliss.com\/wordpress\/what-if-we-looked-for-the-good-more-of-the-time\/","title":{"rendered":"What if we looked for the good more of the time?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0That sound you may have just heard was a yet another blog popping into cyberspace. I ask myself why (something I do a lot of, without a great deal of value for the effort). There seem to be enough ideas floating around the world wide web. Sometimes I think there are too many already: <\/span>There are so many ideas that the Universe is getting crowded. There must be a plug around here somewhere to let some ideas out. It\u2019s filling up fast, so if you plan on having any ideas you\u2019ll have to wait until February when we have an opening.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

I guess it\u2019s important to me to throw mine in the mix, both for myself and for the mix. The mix could use as much positivity at it can get.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, the problems of this world can certainly appear to be insurmountable. I don\u2019t deny they exist. I also believe it has probably always been that way. For instance, I recently came across this quote: “Our earth is degenerate in these latter days; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; and the end of the world is evidently approaching.” The interesting thing about this quote is that it was found on an Assyrian clay tablet; dated 2800 B.C. Apparently there\u2019ve always been things to fret about, especially if one was looking for them. And apparently there\u2019ve always been opportunities to fret about them publically.<\/span><\/p>\n

And there\u2019ve probably always been hopeless optimists like me. I stand accused. I believe that this world is still transformable, because I know that people are transformable. I see it every day. I see cynicism being transformed into hope. I see futility and frustration and fear being transformed into fulfillment and fruitful action and freedom. I see people making different choices, reaching out, asking for help, offering help. I see people caring, sharing, feeling and healing on all levels. <\/span><\/p>\n

Call me crazy, but I believe people are inherently good. And that\u2019s exactly what makes personal and global transformation possible. We may hear more about the bad, but there are countless folks doing fantastically positive things on this planet and in our communities, most of which we\u2019ll never hear about. There is an incredible abundance of love and compassion and generosity in this world. We tend to see it after tragic events like 9-11 (my birthday), which tells me it\u2019s in each and every one of us, all the time. We see it more in those times because we\u2019re looking for it. We need it! But we couldn\u2019t see it at all, in those circumstances or ever, if it wasn\u2019t already there. <\/span><\/p>\n

What if we looked for the good more of the time? I\u2019m not talking about being Pollyanna. I\u2019m not saying, \u201cIt\u2019s all good\u201d. I\u2019m saying that whatever is happening, we can look for the good; we can use it for good, for love, for healing, for increasing our awareness. It\u2019s a choice. When our \u201cbackground music\u201d becomes more about negativity, complaining, resenting and worrying, everything that happens seems to provide more evidence that the world is going to the dogs; everything gives us more to complain about. If we were to look for the good more of the time, I imagine we\u2019d see more of that. And I imagine we\u2019d also be in a more positive, grateful and productive mode in order to take effective action to change things, if that\u2019s what we chose to do. <\/span><\/p>\n

How do we do that? That\u2019s what this blog will be about. We are each a unique and indispensible ingredient in the mix and as we become more skillful in expressing our deepest values and intentions we continue to sweeten it. If that\u2019s all we remember, that\u2019s more than enough for now.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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