Time
Time for new thoughts, my head has been muddied with weariness and sadness too much of late. I don't like being sad or to dwell in dark thoughts. And so I choose now to be happy, to throw off this dark cloud and come out shining.
Tomorrow Tony and I will get new furniture, there is nothing in this world like retail therapy for sad days and a dreary mind. Thanks to a sale at Bedshed we will be getting 2 large chest of draws (his and hers) in a beautiful dark wood. So dark that it is almost black, with silver metal handles. The bed itself of the same wood is of a sleigh design, with an Asian twist. All 3 pieces of bargain prices furniture we got for about the same price as what you'd normally pay for the bed alone! The draws are almost a bit art deco in the roundness of their design.
Other happy notes: I have been enjoying nerding it up talking to Adam about music. By talking I mean writing a novel of an e-mail for him to read about music he should listen too from my collection. We did a big music swap some time ago and it has taken till now for me to write something as a guide.
Country music is a recent love of mine and by recent I mean the last 5 years. It is so nice to be able to share this love of music with someone else and know they will appreciate it. So few people of my generation get the country music thing.
I hope he finds some new gems for himself in amongst my prattle.
posted by Milly @ 4:49 AM
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I was reading a book on the way over to Sydney and basically it gives a quick run down of the 50 most influential psychology books. It also lists another 'next 50' you can chase down too. It's interesting book for me though.
Anyway in there it says that there was a guy that said that you can actually just change your thinking. If you are having bad thoughts, just stop thinking about it. I think it was this guy that reckoned that people with this skill were very emotionally intelligent people.
I definitely find myself doing it these days. I used to somewhat enjoy sitting around moping and feeling sorry for myself but over the last 12 months I've become more prone to simply not thinking about it. Some might say it will come back to haunt you, but I tend to find it's stuff I have no control over and they just pass anyway.
So good on you, perfect this skill :)
You can definitely choose to be happy for the most part. Certainly the amount you let negativity affect you anyway. And you don't necessarily have to push it down inside either. I think I'm pretty good at keeping positive. But if something is getting you down, you've got to work it out in your head. It just doesn't need to take a long time hopefully.
This week has been ridiculously busy, but I'll get to your music tonight. Get a playlist up and happening, and then I'll go gem-hunting. I'm sure I'll find some good stuff.
Ever since seeing the Dixie Chicks I've gained an appreciation for good country music. Alison Krauss, Patty Griffin are good too.
Ditto on this "It is so nice to be able to share this love of music with someone else and know they will appreciate it". There's not many people in our group who listen to anything other than electronic music, and while I've grown to appreciate a lot of that, 90% of my collection isn't that, and I like sharing with people who appreciate :)
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