I LIKE Polly Campbell. Have you heard of her? She wrote the book “Imperfect Spirituality: Extraordinary Enlightenment for Ordinary People,” have you read it? One of the reviewers on Amazon summed it up by saying that it helped her take more control of her life, overcome negative thinking and learn to give herself a break.
Does that sound like something that might be helpful? It did to me – I just ordered it!
She also writes for the Huffington Post, and recently posted an article there about how to be a creator rather than a complainer.
She used the metaphor of spilling something colorful and sticky on the refrigerator and the floor – what a mess! And how that could represent life’s “sticky situations.”
Are you someone that gets stuck in those types of situations, or do you use it as incentive to clean it up and move on?
If you do the latter, then you are a creator. Resilient, taking action, experiencing life.
What is the difference between a creator and a complainer? Here are a few of Polly’s observations. Creators usually:
– Seek meaning in all situations.
– Don’t beat up on themselves – recognizing their humanness instead, they move through tough situations doing what they can.
– Laugh a lot, finding humor in life’s crazy situations and the unique positions they find themselves in, accepting that life includes the good, the bad, and the bizarre.
Complainers, on the other hand often:
– Play the blame game, shirking any responsibility
– Make endless excuses
– Spend time wishing – that things were different, that things were working, that others would change.
If you are a complainer, you can turn that around by adopting more of the attitude of the creator and less of the complainers.
If you are a creator – GOOD FOR YOU!!! You are happy and whole and loving life!
Imperfect Spirituality: Extraordinary Enlightenment for Ordinary People
