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Excavating Treasures in the Recesses of My Mind and Bathroom Sink

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I discover this display “Help Make Someone Smile” in Target, Pasadena, California. I read some of the post-its and count the display and notes as unexpected blessings. Photo was taken by me — the author of this riveting story.

Tuesday last black thoughts cavorted in my brain. I remind myself: that’s like so and so and her hatchet judgments. Am I that kind of unaware? I dread this.

I notice a slow drip of negative thoughts brings me down by the end of Tuesday.

I stumble across a story on this very subject. *Dr. Hollie Petit’s story, “Why You Should Create a Book of Favorite Things” shifts my thoughts. She writes, “When we realize that we are active participants in every situation and that we all have a choice in how those stories get told, we become agents of change rather than victims of circumstances. We become empowered storytellers.”

Her article reminds me of my journal page “Unexpected Blessings”.

The day after reading Dr. Petit’s article I keep my eyes out for “Unexpected Blessings”. Waddayaknow! So many subtle things pop up. I notice a salesperson who is helpful but not friendly. The blessing I take from it is that he is not unkind, nasty or neglectful.

Today I see more positive stuff than negative.

Somewhere I heard that the brain imprints negative thoughts more deeply than positive ones. This is called…