Self Recognition and Positive Realisation.

Sorry for the absence on this blog, A) I've been rushing around like mad with various deadlines for Uni, B) I've been in varyingly weird moods recently so didn't want that to come across on here and finally C) I've been trying to work out the demographic chart on my dashboard, its get rather frustrating. Anyway, something I have done recently and many times before is the focus of this blog post today. So, basically when I'm feeling down I delve into the world of what I'm going to call, for the purpose of this blog; 'Self Recognition and Positive Realisation'. This works quite a bit with self-consciousness problems or in general, things affecting one's view of oneself, but it can also be applied to other situations. The idea is that when you feel down, you take a step back from the heavily negatively focused world you might be in at that time, and take a metaphorical and literal look around you. Where are you? Who are you? What have you done up to this point? and most people, unless you're a murderous, rapist, racially abusive psychopath currently in jail plotting the next attack, will realise that small or big they have something to be proud of. I'll put it in the example of myself, if I feel down when I'm here, I try and snap out of whatever mood I'm in and remind myself "GOSH DARNIT LIAM, YOU'RE IN UNI, YOU MADE IT TO FREAKING UNIVERSITY" and it allows me to reluctantly, no doubt, squeeze out a little smile. Once you've got the smile out, you can use it over and over again, but then try and realise other things, for example you might have recently helped a friend through a tough time, or you might have helped someone across the street, you might have even just  picked up someones purse for them. Big or small, these acts of kindness that you come to realise relate back to you and yourself, which is where Self Recognition comes in and you must 'recognise' your talents, and your  generosity, or your kindness and honesty. Generally speaking, if you care enough to become upset, and especially towards you're self, it means you care what others think of you, and this ability to care about others perception about you means that there must be some element of respect for others. This respect is very admirable, because it means you're more likely to be sensitive to others feelings and emotions, and means you can be kinder to others and subsequently happier in yourself. So please, if you're feeling down, step back and enter the Self Recognition and Positive Realisation universe, find something and lift your spirits.