In my book, Permission Slip For Your Heart and Soul, this is one of my FAVORITE pages. Probably because I love looking at things in a positive way...maybe because I have a bit (OK a lot) of a Pollyannish attitude! But here comes the glitch...I usually think that everyone thinks like me...that what makes me happy makes them happy...what makes me sad makes them sad...
And what happens is when the reality of that thinking proves to be wrong, I feel hurt. Now, is this of my own making?...of course it is, I really don't think that people would deliberately hurt me...But I should never assume that everyone looks at the world through rose colored glasses...I should never assume that everyone looks at the glass half full....I should never assume that what is good for the goose is good for the gander...
So what do I think when my rose colored glasses get dirty? When something that I hold so dear seems to be ending...when it does not appear as if I am on the same page as everyone else...???
First I cry...and then I breathe...and then I breathe even deeper still till I come back to my own center which believes that life with all its wisdom knows that this is the way I must live my life...rose colored glasses and all...it has brought me to this day and this place. And as much as I might wish that everyone thinks like me, I know that is not the reality of life. That you cannot make anyone else think...act...or believe what you do, no matter how hard you try...how loudly you yell...how hard you stomp your foot. We each are responsible for ourselves only. And I smile...
and remember what Dr. Seuss said: "Don't cry because it is over...smile because it happened"
Do you wear rose colored glasses? And what do you do if they get dirty?
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