Betrayal is such a powerful word. When we feel we have been betrayed by a close family member or friend, we feel completely shattered. Today’s tip will help you start the healing process and moving forward from experiencing betrayal.
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Today’s tip is on embarrassing moments and how to easily build our resilience to move forward from them.
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Growing up I watched a lot of television. One of the things I love most about television is the stories being told. The diversity of characters on television is something is something that we have never seen before. We can see ourselves in the characters and we can learn something about life all in a span of 30 minutes.
One of my favorite shows growing up was Mr. Bean. I can't remember how I first started watching it, but I randomly came upon an episode and fell in love with the show and the character immediately. As a child, all I knew was that Mr. Bean (played wonderfully by Rowan Atkinson) was funny. He made funny faces and was doing funny things. Simple enough.
A few days ago I suddenly had the urge to re-watch the series. Does a show from the 90s still hold up today? Absolutely! I even found myself learning so much more about what it truly means to be happy!
If you're not familiar with Mr. Bean, the premise is simple. A man goes about his daily life and gets into misadventures and hilarity ensues. Upon watching the series, I would guess that a majority of people would assume that Mr. Bean was a jerk. I would say they are pretty accurate. He is fairly self-centered and always thinks of himself. Despite this, Mr. Bean is a charmingly endearing character and that's because he is a part of all of us. A part that we are sometimes scared to show or allow ourselves to express. As much as we cringe at the personality traits of Mr. Bean, we find ourselves being slightly envious of him.
Mr. Bean lives life to the fullest. He is unapologetically himself. He never changes for anyone. He doesn't try to be someone that he's not. He makes every effort to be sociable and interact with colleagues (most hilariously with this girlfriend) but ends up failing miserably. The best part is that he recognizes his failures, but he still continues living his life. He doesn't analyze his misgivings or his personality. I think he may be blissfully unaware of his naiveté and that probably adds to his charm. Despite this unawareness, I believe his is fully aware of his personality and the joy that it brings to himself. He continues to bring joy to himself no matter what. He is unapologetically himself.
He's probably the epitome of "the glass is always half full."
Isn't this where we want to be in our lives? Don't we want to be free of fear? Free of the fear that holds us back from completing our tasks or moving forward instead of backwards? Don't we want to find the happiness that comes from enjoying who we are and who we want to be rather than what others think?
Don't be afraid of who you are. Relish in those parts of you that bring you joy. Try living your life like Mr. Bean (well except for when he's being rude 😄).
Several years ago my father passed away. Like most people who lose a loved one, life becomes different and you don't think it will ever go back to the way it was. You lose a part of yourself and all the optimism you once had about life turns into pessimism.
This leads me to this blog post. How do you maintain optimism when there is so much in this world to be pessimistic about? How can the glass be half full when you clearly see it to be half empty?
What if I told you that none of that matters if you're laughing. You can be laughing for 30 seconds or 5 minutes, and that's all that matters in the world. And this is where you can find optimism in your life. It's that brief moment in which the only thing that exists is you and the laughter and the joy it brings you in that moment in time.
Go ahead... think of a joke... think of a funny story that a friend told you... think of a scene from a tv show that made you laugh (mine would be anything from The Office)... and laugh... laugh for however long you want to,.. I'll wait...
So what happened? What were you thinking about? I'm sure whatever troubles you had briefly disappeared.
This is the power of laughter. It made life better if only for that moment. Wouldn't that be amazing if that could be all the time? It actually can and all you need to do is just laugh.
Going back to my father... after he had passed away I didn't laugh. I didn't smile. I felt like I couldn't. I felt like life couldn't get better and I nothing could make me feel better. But then something happened. I allowed myself to laugh and smile again. And all that sadness left me for that moment and life was full and bright again. I could see light in the darkness.
And so I realized that no matter how dark things can get, no matter how much pessimism you can see... you can change all that with a small dose of laughter.
Now go laugh!
