In the beginning...

The purpose of this blog is to help myself on my quest of positive thinking.

So often in life, for me at least, it is so easy to notice the things I don't like -- about myself, about others, about anything and everything. Things I don't like just jump out. It takes more effort to find things I do like. Things that make me happy. Things that are truly beautiful. They are there, but my mind is so accustomed to negativity that it takes actual effort for me to notice the good in the world.

I am hoping to change that about myself.
I want to make a concerted effort to be a more positive person, and this blog is where I will be making those baby steps. Taking the time and making the effort to write down the things I see and hear that make me smile will hopefully encourage me to actively LOOK for the good things in life, and hopefully I will stop absentmindedly thinking or commenting negatively.

I'm sure many posts will be silly and superficial, and I expect that many, if not most of them, will be very self-centered. After all, I am hardest on myself, so I will probably look to myself for things to comment on. But my hope is that as positivity grows more natural for me I will begin to notice it everywhere and be able to find it in anything.

If others happen across this blog and want to join me in my quest, great.
But really, this blog is here for myself, to better myself.
I have no reason to be so down in my view of the world.
After all, I am Positively Fortunate.