MIA | Bit of a Freak

I seem to have had a bad case of the MIA, and for that I apologise. You know sometimes, life happens, things knock you off your socks, you take a while to get back to an even keel, and things like writing a blog get pushed wayyy on down the pecking order.

Positivity | #100HappyDays | Bit of a Freak

I'm joining in from today! I am a huge advocate for positivity, gratitude and appreciation and I think this cracking little idea here will work beautifully to celebrate that. Whilst being an advocate, sometimes I forget to practice what I preach and I get swept along in life, caught up in strong currents of murky and depressing water in the river 'unimportant in the grand scheme of things'. Catchy name, huh? That probably all sounds a little dramatic but I'm sure we all know how it feels to be bogged down, and anything to combat that and keep the gratitude flowing is good for me! And boy on boy do I have a lot to be grateful for.

And so it goes, for the next 100 days I will be Instagramming a different thing each day that truly made me happy, and I'd love to share my little happy hype with you. Come over and follow me on instagram by clicking here! I'd also love a seat on your happy bus too so if you are also partaking in the #100happydays please comment below and leave your links so I can come along with you! I shall be doing a happy roundup of my posts on my blog every Sunday also. Wooo woooo, all aboard!

Also, like I have read over at Lucie's blog 'FatBeautyx', I will try and save £1 for each of the 100 days and have a little happy splurge at the end.

Sometimes, I just love life!

Attitude Gratitude: A positive reminder | Bit of a Freak

Good evening, lovelies!

Stalking Pinterest today I came across this beautiful little image. It really struck a chord with me and caused me to be reflective about my recent past.

Recently, there has been a fair bit of drama in my life in the form of negativity and bad feeling towards others, insecurities and a little bit of sadness and loss. People around me seem to be having a tough old time of it at the moment and it's easy to get caught up in it all and I think that's what may have happened, I have been caught in all of this badness and sadness and absorbed negative feelings. Instead of being kind to people who need it, I have had feelings of annoyance and a lack of understanding. Instead of forgiving, I retaliated. Instead of loving, I have been pushing away.

I truly believe it is of the utmost importance to have a positive mindset, and that your mindset influences everything. I believe that your thoughts become things and being a happy, positive person attracts a happy and positive life. I also believe in the importance of kind words and understanding and what a huge impact this can have on the receivers. The key is to all of this is gratitude. It is important to be thankful and give thanks for all that you have. Attitude gratitude! And that is exactly what I plan to reuptake from now on. I really do have so much to be thankful for.

So, my mission upon my positive reawakening (har har) is as above; to be so busy loving my life and others that I have no time for negativity. It isn't always easy, but my mission starts here!