At times, our lives can be full of bad news. It can seem like day after day we are faced with more negativity from something present in life. After a while, it's easy to get used to it. "Okay, more bad news; I get it." When we are so used to the bad news, what happens when good news comes our way? How do we react?
When being exposed to what is going against us in life, we may not entirely know how to act when we experience positive events or feelings. After our thoughts have turned into more negative ones, we assume the positive ones come with a catch. Where is the bad?
The truth is that there really may be no negativity following behind the good news that you just received or the peace that you feel. You're allowed to feel happy without a burden. If you are a person who often thinks that something bad is following or accompanying the good, then I can say that we are similar. I, too, think this way. However, it's important to remember that we deserve to focus on the good because, after all, life should be balanced.
It can be difficult to merely accept happiness when you have been through parts of your life where you were faced with sadness, anger, rejection, or betrayal. It can be different to let yourself feel something other than degrading emotions. Let yourself feel. Allow yourself to let in the good to take the place of some of the bad.
If you're like me, then we may never become accustomed to the good like we are the bad, but there's no harm in trying to accept that goodness will be present in our lives. Living a life full of negativity and the fear that everything will turn bad is no way to live. We can feel goodness in our hearts, and we must never lose sight of this feeling and how the good in our lives works to make us worthy, authentic, and content.