Stayin out of the valleys

Friday I was writing about my husband's roller coaster of running. Well, I've had the same experience with my thoughts. Over the last several years I've really focused on my thoughts and on keeping them in a positive and forward looking place. But, quite honestly, there are times when you just want to have a good rant or wallow in the garbage because it feels hard to change over to the positive.

But the same is true of the valleys here; the deeper I travel down into the valley, the harder it is to climb out. But I also know what it's like to be at the top and I know I absolutely will climb out. So over the years I have learned that, while it may be easier to wallow around in the moment, I choose to stop myself as soon as I notice the negative direction of thoughts and turn it around.

The bottoms of those valleys are usually places where we don't feel so great. The deeper the valley the worse we feel and the harder it is to climb back up.

The more I do this the sooner I notice. The sooner I notice, the shallower the valleys. The shallower the valleys the easier it is. And the more time I spend up high on the hill tops the happier I am.