Thursday, January 27, 2011

Just do it.

I was driving home from the gym tonight, and the John Tesh show came on the radio. "Intelligence for Your Life," you know. The schtick of this show is that Tesh presents short tidbits about various subjects in the vein of "Did you know....?" The segment I heard tonight was about negative thinking and stress. He actually said the following: "People who are cynical feel more stress. They're more suspicious, and they're mistrustful of others." He noted that negative thinking creates stress, which leads to higher blood pressure and depression. He also noted that negative people have fewer friends, which also leads to depression. The bit was followed -- appropriately -- by "Walking on Sunshine."

I was in the car by myself, and I laughed long and hard as I listened. "Yes! Yes, that's it! Just think positively! Just do it! Unless you want to die early a miserable and friendless reject, then you better get your mind right, and you better do it now."

Well, that was enough for me. Today is a whole new day. I will never be distrustful of another person. I will cast out all doubts and wield a mental machete against any creeping sarcasm, cynicism, or passivity.

I'm a driver; I'm a winner. Things are gonna change, I can feel it.




1. I love singing*, and I do it often. I sang the shit out of "Walking on Sunshine."

2. The word "busking." I'm a huge word nerd, and some words just tickle the shit out of me. That's one of them.

3. I've lost four pounds. Supermodelsuperstardom here I come!!

*Endorsement of singing does not imply quality of said singing.

4 comments:

  1. Who wouldn't sing the shit out of "Walking on Sunshine"? Though when I think of it now, I can't help but think of that girl from Intervention, but that's not very helpful or positive.

    Fact: my mom went to school with John Tesh.

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  2. I still haven't seen Intervention, and I feel this must be remedied.

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  3. I was just talking to my mom about this this morning. Even though there is an important kernel of truth to the idea that changing your thoughts can impact your body, it's just so elitist to sell that Shit like snake oil. My mom has just come back from a peace walk in solidarity with communities in kentucky destroyed by strip mining. Try telling people drinking poisoned water and breathing poisoned air that when they get cancer it's bc they weren't thinking positively.

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  4. Absolutely right! People living in countries ravaged by war, women living in a system of subjugation, children starving in poverty: Just be happy! You'll feel better about life. So infuriating!

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