ARC: Positive Vs Negative

POSITIVE VS NEGATIVE

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December 20, 2022

Five decades ago, then 8-year-old son asked following question:

“What’s the difference between a positive or negative attitude?”

I was awed at the question as we passed freeway call box:

he was precocious and we often had interesting talks.

I responded look how fortunate we are to have Triple AAA:

they will come quickly and handle any vehicle trouble.

Or we can feel frustrated, angrily bemoan arriving late:

we were expected to go with male friend on movie date.

Throughout octogenarian years, I have been challenged:

it seems almost daily there are `four’ in vivo seasons.

Spring new, summer relax, fall harvest, winter woe:

three to one favor but winter can feel like a kayo.

I know `fight or flight’ response to stress or danger:

flight was foremost during murderous attack 2005.

I was like deer frozen in headlights as knives slashed:

right eye blinded, neck/face/arms 42 wounds gashed.

Miracle life survived, but all material was lost:

life thereafter had the proverbial two options.

Focus on positive and embrace seasons of life:

or complain unceasingly over resulting strife.

The superior to me was psychologically sound:

accentuate positive/forgive/move on/forgo rest.

Negative eating cake substitute sugar with poison:

lamenting over what can’t be changed delusion.

Like seasons, for every minus, I focused on three:

right eye gone, but had one left, and two arms.

Now disabled without two homes nor license:

gained SSI government, help ADA alliance.

Food stamps, medical, ACCESS transportation:

contributed to rehabilitation/life enrichment.

FREE scholarship Bridge classes ultimate perk:

writing talent exponentiated as joy, not work.

I’ve met, know many who have experienced trauma:

their `winter’ horrendous and difficult to bear.

Yet the psychology I’ve witnessed bears fruition:

those who emphasize positive enrich their mission.

It is what happens to you that can benefit kith/kin:

you role model faith/hope/charity or the reverse.

Are you Entelechial force or Entropic cesspool:

your winter season response mottos your school.

The proverbial lemonade from lemons that inspire:

transforming winter into spring for universal kith/kin.

Magnifying Holy Spirit response helps succor one/all:

making each day holy weaving divine sacred shawl.

The fight or flight response is an automatic physiological reaction to an event that is perceived as stressful or frightening. The perception of threat activates the sympathetic nervous system and triggers an acute stress response that prepares the body to fight or flee.

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