ATTITUDE IS IMPORTANT in anticipation of a doctor appointment. I’ve got one coming up that I’m not looking forward to, but I keep kicking myself into a more positive frame of mind. By fretting over it in advance, all I’m accomplishing is causing myself unnecessary anticipatory worry. Eventually, you risk the infamous transformation of the molehill into a mountain. “There is nothing either good or bad,” said Hamlet, “but thinking makes it so.” A positive attitude can carry you through more than you think. I may be cynical about a lot of things, but there’s no sense in beating myself over the head about stuff. Stuff happens. Then it’s over, and you move on. Thinking that ‘it is what it is’ may seem a bit fatalistic, but it’s actually realistic, an eyes wide open approach to some things that can’t be avoided. So I end up with a bit of a diluted approach. Show me a glass partially filled with water and I might say that it’s half full rather than half empty, but I’ll likely notice contaminants floating in it.
HenryM
Feb 18, 2023 8:42 am