Constructive Activity
OK: activism has its place in popular uprisings, it does. But my mission today is to start closer to home - protesting against inertia and sloth in myself! By which I simply mean I'm going to do something constructive with my day......
Sitting back and watching it disappear won't generate me any good feelings about myself, when I eventually lay my head down on my pillow tonight. There's always SOMETHING constructive I can do in any given day, so today I'll get stuck in - not procrastinate - roll my sleeves up!
It might be only little: I may clean out a cupboard, write someone a letter (ooh! longhand - there's a blast from the past!), get some exercise or take on a new project. Whatever it is, I'm starting now.
Constructive activity creates a pathway for the soul, and it builds strength and positivity. I can get a goodly dose of self-esteem from feeling myself to be a useful and valuable person. When I don't do anything constructive in my day, I rob myself of that important source of self-confidence and self-competence; then I'm prey to negative influences....and we all know where THAT gets me!
Constructive activity creates a pathway for the soul, and it builds strength and positivity. I can get a goodly dose of self-esteem from feeling myself to be a useful and valuable person. When I don't do anything constructive in my day, I rob myself of that important source of self-confidence and self-competence; then I'm prey to negative influences....and we all know where THAT gets me!
If I want to feel like a useful, vital person, I will need to step up and act like one.
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