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I wish you could see what the words say on this picture I created, but for some reason it shows up very small on here… So, I’ve wrote the words down here. This was a journal entry that I decided to add some photography too. The image is actually one flower but I flipped it here so that you could read the words as it is supposed to rotate 180 degrees in order for you to read the whole entry.
In
a
down-ward
s p i r a l
I’m
f
a
l
l
i
n
g
into the unknown…
almost tragically…
until somehow magically….
I ‘m f l o a t i n g . . .
SUDDENLY
Darkness vanishes…
light proves to be liberating.
I realize abruptly . . .
I’ve come undone…
I’ve come unshackled…
FINALLY
Free
To simply
Just
Be
.Me.
-Johanna M. Dunn-
July 21st, 2010
My photography in the newspaper
I captured the pictures of the newspapers with my I-phone camera, not always the best camera sorry!
This was the original that I submitted
So I went out on a whim and submitted my photography pictures to the newspaper. I didn’t think they would get published since I am not a very good photographer and really only do it because I love taking pictures! So, needless to say I was very surprised when my friend Carol mentioned on my Facebook wall that she saw my picture in the paper!
Just goes to show, life is full of beautiful surprises!
My next mission is to do a year in photos, taking a picture a day. (Although, I am pretty sure I do this already! haha!)
As always thanks for reading. <3
-Johanna Dunn-
Unhappy people are funny, in a somewhat non-comical way. They hate their own loneliness so much that they are desperate, relentless in their attempts to destroy the mere sight of someone else’s happiness .
Envious beings living amongst others often long-awaited jubilation.
For I am not speaking of negative moods, the ones that shift with time like that of seasons. No, the negativity I speak of is those that take the form of people. The people who spend there lives in desperate attempts at functioning yet remaining in a state of constant disarray. There pessimistic attitude’s prove detrimental to their lives as time and time again they interrupt even the mere chance of joyous moments. With their constant state of gloom has an unimaginable way of asphyxiating the moods of even the innocent people around them, until they too are left paralyzed, dejected, and depressed. Their constant use of complaints seek to make even the most sympathetic bystanders simply apathetic. Indifferent to your needs as they can only focus on their own present moment, their own complaints, their own disharmony. It is as though their words suddenly have the power of becoming poisonous arrows that have the great capability of puncturing you all at once. It is ultimately the recognition of this damaging pattern of negativity that is essential.
Today faced with these very issues I have come to the conclusion that I refuse to be suffocated by other people’s negativity.As the saying goes, I refuse to let them “rent space in my head.” I simply cannot thrive while being smothered, forced to live amongst their personal chaos.
I do not wish to waste my energy taking part in the usual bantering that goes along with ridding myself of these people, the side talk, the bad mouthing..etc. Instead, I choose to focus on my own presence, my own happiness, my own mind state, before I choose to judge or participate in others. I think perhaps Trent said it best in his blog “The Cost of Negativity” when he stated: “The best use for negative feelings is to burn them as the fuel for something positive without dumping that negativity out onto others.” http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/05/24/the-cost-of-negativity/
today, I must choose to fill my own life with the people who share the common goal of positiveness.
The people that know that true happiness lies in inspiration, creativity, authenticity, humor, grace, wisdom, and love.The people who understand that with clarity comes a state of peacefulness, and serenity.
Although, these people may be hard to find I would rather spend the entirety of my life searching for them, then be weighed down with others negativity. When it comes down to it, even if I can’t find anyone else that share these same goals, today, I am content with my own company. Today, I realize what an old friend used to tell me, that I am perfect and whole just the way I am and that there is true peace in the undisturbed flow of positivity. Perhaps, it is true when they say positive things happen to positive people, but don’t take my word for it, get out there and
try it yourself!!!
One more thought:
The dictionary defines negativity as follows:
1. Lacking positive or constructive features, especially:
a. Unpleasant; disagreeable: had a negative experience on his first job.
b. Gloomy; pessimistic: a negative outlook.
c. Unfavorable or detrimental: a negative review; a negative effect on the child’s development.
d. Hostile or disparaging; malicious: ran a negative campaign against her opponent.
The dictionary defines positive as follows:
1. characterized by or expressing certainty or affirmation a positive answer
2. composed of or possessing actual or specific qualities; real a positive benefit
3. tending to emphasize what is good or laudable; constructive he takes a very positive attitude when correcting pupils’ mistakes
4. tending towards progress or improvement; moving in a beneficial direction
5. (Philosophy) Philosophy
a. constructive rather than skeptical
b. (of a concept) denoting the presence rather than the absence of some property
6. independent of circumstances; absolute or unqualified
7. (prenominal) Informal (intensifier) a positive delight
In the definitions of positivity and negativity, how do you choose to be defined?
