Simplicity and Beauty of Positive Thoughts: A Path to Joyful Living

Maria De La Rosa Baumann
3 min readJul 11, 2024

Last weekend, I had a severe allergy attack — at least, that’s what it looked like. I hear a lot of people everywhere sniffling and coughing, and yes, COVID is making its rounds again. Some of my in-laws also got it, but they are doing okay now.

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But my virus or bug was a lot more serious. It made me feel like I wanted to die. This bug doesn’t have a name. It is internal — and has a lot to do with attitude — stinking attitude, to be more exact.

As I am now reviewing these few days. — It started with one complaint — about something minor — I can’t recall; only it began from there. The law of attraction took effect, and very quickly, I found myself complaining about everything. And there I was — extremely negative. On top of that, I had an allergy attack I had never had before. I kept coughing, and nothing I did helped.

Well, it finally stopped — a weird experience. I don’t know what caused it. I guess it doesn’t matter. What matters, though, is: What did I learn? I am still not serious enough about being conscious of my thoughts — my attitude. That bothers me. How can I motivate myself to be more disciplined in that area?

I do know the difference, but I am still slipping up too many times. I guess it is training; we have to keep going in the right…

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Maria De La Rosa Baumann

Retired; former entrepreneur. Lives with her family in Miami, Fl. Traveled to many countries throughout the World and experienced different cultures.