With the art of reframing, weвЂ™re finding something more constructive to focus on. Instead, maybe you could attach the meaning that you are unmotivated today because your body needs rest.Дo you see how everything we do or feel can be looked at differently? When youвЂ™re not feeling motivated, you might attach the meaning that you are lazy. What does that trip actually mean? Maybe if you fell up the stairs, you need to be more present. You tripped and fell up the stairs, so you decide youвЂ™re going to have a bad day. As a kid, she picked up on this meaning that IвЂ™d added to the event and then she also took on that meaning. I was upset and sad, so I shared that with her, which added meaning to the situation. When our kitten died, my daughter didnвЂ™t really seem too bothered. Things only have meaning if we give them meaning.ДЇor example: When someone declines your invitation to go out for supper, you can choose to think the person is mad at you or you can choose to attach a different meaning to the situation. When we add meaning to an event, weвЂ™ve decided what it means. When we вЂњreframeвЂќ, we donвЂ™t focus on what actually happened, but how we handle what happened. Reframing is the art of looking at an event in a different way than you might have initially responded. What do you do with those not-so-great thoughts and events? This is where вЂњreframingвЂќ comes in.

Even though IвЂ™m living an optimistic life, not-so-great things happen at times and not-so-great thoughts sometimes come to my mind. I donвЂ™t focus on how things could go wrong. IвЂ™m optimistic and always expect things will work out. I donвЂ™t know about you, but I always intend to make it a good day and I always intend for things to go really well for me.

The art of the reframe