It's been a while since I blogged anything here, let alone something of the "think about..." nature. In fact, it's been exactly (searches through blog archives) 163 days since I offered up something along those lines. So for today's trick, let's think about the difference between active and passive.
More than 163 days ago, I started keeping track of the highs and lows of each of my days. The best and worst of each collection of 24 hours. While the insight in and of doing so can be discovered over there, there's a second-level insight of whether or not things are great because we did something great, or because something great happened to us. For example, I enjoyed a very relaxing Sunday of watching movies and baseball. That was great because it was something I set out to do (granted, I didn't need much conviction to do so). Many of the days that involved a sports team's victory were great because I got to take part in something bigger than myself. Which is my circumnavigatory way of saying I really didn't do anything to deserve that goodness - it was just kinda there.
I'm not saying that one is absolutely better than the other, but I am saying that it feels like a better day when I go out and actively do something spectacular, instead of something spectacular simply occurring. Feel free to throw in a pithy quote about being something in life and making the most of every sunrise and sunset, whatever helps you sleep at night, but when it comes down to it, maybe there's something there.
