Corey,

A friend of ours stated that reading the carepage and coming to visit us are two very different experiences. This journal is not meant to sugar coat your reality but to share the factual information detailing the efforts of you and your team during your recovery while we focus on your incremental achievements; bottom line ~ facts and positive thinking.

Positive thinking is not an easy thing to do when you’re dealing with a serious crisis, setbacks, challenges and/or frustrations. It takes effort to find something positive about those situations. Yet just like your daily therapies you won’t recover without it.

It’s more than just repeating hollow mantra’s or happy phrases. It doesn’t mean we have to ignore the negative things in our daily life but rather make the effort to shift the focus and energy from the negative to change them.

Truthfully, it’s reality thinking. Positive thinking realistically sees both sides of the situation but chooses to give effort and support the positive side.
It requires discipline, self motivation, determination and commitment to be successful ~ sounds similar to what you need to exercise doesn’t it?

Guess what…its hard work to see the positive when everyone else sees the negative. There’s a saying; ‘the pessimist sees the problems, the optimist sees the possibilities’. Most times it’s a conscious decision to put on those rose-colored glasses, look at your reality square in the eye and simply state, ‘I will do this’ ~ ‘I can do this’ ~ ‘I am doing this’ ~ ‘I GOT THIS’!

I’m proud of you for the effort you make everyday, xoxo