The most fun thing

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What is the most productive, beneficial, pleasant, positive thing you have done last week?
And what is the most fun thing you have done last week??

We seem to have a tendency to remember the thing that didn’t happen; the things that didn’t work out the way we wanted them to work out, even the things that may have cost a lot of our time and even money with crystal clarity. We focus on what went wrong, when it happened, what we could have done different if only…
As we allow ourselves to let our thoughts drift into that direction, it often doesn't take long before we have convinced ourselves of one of two things:
We should have known better and therefore it is our fault, and we feel guilty about it.
We did everything right, if only that other person had kept up, had done things better, it would have worked out peachy!

In other words, we either end up feeling guilty about it, or we point our finger to those we blame for the way things didn’t work out.
Neither reaction is a productive one…

Of course there are many ways to look at things differently.
We can see whatever has happened as a lesson learned, knowing that we won’t make that same mistake twice. We may sit ourselves down in a quiet space and seek to discover what our part in that situation was, rather than just pointing fingers.
And we would be likely to learn a lot from it; learn about ourselves as well as about the situation that occurred and the other people involved.

But sometimes it is best to not allow ourselves to dwell on what didn’t go exactly as planned, and to focus on something that turned out to be heaps of fun! Something that was positive, pleasant, beneficial ~ and perhaps unexpectedly productive. Something that was one of those rare occasions of being at the right place at the right time so that everything fell into place better than we could have ever planned it.
And when we have identified one of those situations, we have plenty reasons to pat ourselves on the back and to congratulate ourselves with our amazing accomplishment.

If we would take time to focus on one thing that happened in our lives that brought us joy, one thing that put a smile on our faces; that one thing that was funny ~ chances are that we will find more of those popping up in our lives.
Making our lives more positive, more pleasant, and perhaps even more productive…
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