Croatian version below – Hrvatska verzija u nastavku
For those who come to UPM blog and interpret it in the wrong way, here’s a little help to look at things in a different way. From a slightly different perspective. This is not a blog that unrealistically, blindly and bluntly suggests that the world is beautiful. That all people are good, that evil does not exist. That there is no illness, violence, misery, hunger and other negative, unfortunately, everyday gaps.
This blog is designed to be a place in the “gray, dark and unexpected” situations. That we all probably experience at least once in a lifetime. My aim is to show that the image can be different if viewed from a different angle.
Positive thinking can change life because it really can. The Internet is full of such testimonies, but we do not have to go so broadly. If we look around, each of us knows at least one person whose flowers did not flourish in life. And who, with their clear, affirmative and motivating spirit, raised themselves from misery and trouble.
You surely know at least one person who is a “medical miracle”. Because he/she used his/hers inner strength, desire and optimism and prolonged his/hers life despite the black prognosis of the doctor.
Likewise, every one of us knows the people who sank in black thoughts even though their life was not near the end. They did need or did not have anyone nearby who would help them overwhelm their black thoughts. Someone who would put some color in their thoughts. Someone who would give them a comforting hand, hope and help. Not only in words, but in actions.
Sometimes it takes so little. Just a small atom of your positive energy can help someone.
I have read about the results of a study that dealt with the banal fact how can words affect one’s life. The study dealt with simple “Good Morning, you are looking so good” and “Good morning, you look bad, maybe you’re sick?” greetings.
The results, in short, was: those people who were welcomed with a positive greeting had a great day, they felt great. They burned energy regardless of their health, property, mental and any other condition. Unlike them, people that was greeted with worrying morning greeting felt worse and worse during the day. They couldn’t do anything right, they had been annoyed, felt nauseous, experienced huge headaches…. Think about how you are affected to such external positive and negative influences.
And than decide for yourself what day you will have. Because you do have that choice. Decide how will you greet people with the smile or worry. It’s your prerogative. As is ours to give our best so this world is a little more beautiful and positive place for all of us :)))
Originally posted on 2 September 2006
Dobro jutro
Za one koji dođu na UPM blog i protumače ga na krivi način, evo male pomoći da stvari sagledaju na drugačiji način, iz malo drugačije perspektive. Ovo nije blog koji nerealno, slijepo i blentavo brije da je svijet prekrasan. Ovo nije blog koji brije da su svi ljudi dobri, da zlo ne postoji. Ovo nijd blog koji brije da nema bolesti, nasilja, bijede, gladi i ostalih negativnih, nažalost, svakodnevnih nedaća.
Ovo je blog osmišljen da u “sivim, mračnim i bezizlaznim” situacijama koje vjerojatno svi doživimo bar jednom u životu, bude mjesto koje će pokazati da slika može biti drugačija ako se promatra iz drugačijeg kuta.
Pozitivno razmišljanje može promijeniti život jer zaista može. Internet je prepun takvih svjedočanstava, no ne moramo uopće ići tako široko. Osvrnemo li se oko sebe, svatko od nas poznaje bar jednu osobu kojoj u životu nisu cvjetale ruže, a koja je svojim vedrim, afirmativnim i motivirajućim duhom izdigla sebe iz jada i nevolje.
Sigurno poznajete barem jednu osobu koja je “medicinsko čudo” jer je svojom unutarnjom snagom, željom i optimizmom pobijedila tešku bolest, ili si barem poprilično produžila život, unatoč crnim prognozama liječnika.
Jednako tako svatko od nas poznaje ljude koji su potonuli predavši se crnim mislima iako njihov život nije bio niti blizu kraju. A nisu trebali ili u svojoj blizini nisu imali nekog tko bi im pomogao da prebrode svoje crne misli, da im život obasjaju vedrijim bojama, da im pruže ruku utjehe, nade i pomoći. I to ne samo riječima, već i djelima. Ponekad treba tako malo, samo mali atom energije uložiti da bi se nekome pomoglo.
Već davno sam pročitala negdje na netu rezultate studije koja se bavila banalnom činjenicom kako riječi mogu utjecati na nečiji život. Studija se bavila jednostavnim “Dobro jutro, izvrsno izgledaš”i “Dobro jutro, Bože, kako loše izgledaš, da nisi možda bolestan?” . Trebam li vam uopće objašnjavati kakvi su rezultati bili? Ukratko: oni ljudi koji su dočekivani sa pozitivnim pozdravom imali su odličan dan, osjećali su se odlično, prštali su energijom bez obzira na svoje zdravstveno, imovinsko, mentalno i bilo kakvo drugo stanje. Za razliku od njih, oni dočekani zabrinutim jutarnjim pozdravom tijekom dana osjećali su se sve lošije i lošije, ništa im nije polazilo za rukom, teško su disali, osjećali mučnine, glavobolje…. Razmislite malo koliko ste i sami podložni takvim vanjskim pozitivnim i negativnim utjecajima.
I sami odlučite kakvi ćete biti, jer taj izbor imate. Odlučite i kako ćete ljude pozdravljati, osmjehom ili namrgođeni, to je vaše iskonsko pravo. Kao što je i naše da pokušamo ovaj svijet učiniti bar malo ljepšim i pozitivnijim mjestom za sve nas :)))
Prvo objavljivanje 2. rujna 2006
