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My blog is not only going to explain how positive thinking bring out the good in absolutely everything, its going to keep me on my own path of self help, and I'll be able to show everyone the few activities that constantly make me happy.

The picture above is called a Mandala.The word "mandala" is from the classical Indian language of Sanskrit. Loosely translated to mean "circle," a mandala is far more than a simple shape. It represents wholeness, and can be seen as a model for the organizational structure of life itself--a cosmic diagram that reminds us of our relation to the infinite, the world that extends both beyond and within our bodies and minds.

This is one of my favorite Mandalas, you can create one with just about anything; Draw one, paint one, create one with the items nature gives to us, or just imagine your own.

Before reading and researching about Buddhism, I thought it was just a religion where you sat and thought about things while being cross legged.  In reality, its about bringing out the true and good in yourself. I thought that Buddhism is like Christianity, where you worship the main figure, but the Buddha is actually meant to be celebrate. This was a few hundred pounds lifted off of my shoulders, I was raised a Catholic until I was able to research religions and until I was bullied by my own classmates in my Catholic school. I choose to believe in the God that Christian religions believe in; but to me, the God that I believe in is much kinder and gentler than the one that they would talk about in church. So I was happy that I was able to keep my God in my life as well and having Buddha keeping me stable. 

My mandala is an important part of my life; in the middle, I focus on bringing out the happiest, more gentle part of myself out. The layer outside of being happy is what I do to be happy and gentle, which is helping others, traveling and exploring new places, my family, my cats, my love and photographing the little things that I want to remember. And if I can just make other people think about what truly helps them to be happy, and to bring out that happiness, I will feel as if I've actually done something.

{Edit: I feel the need to really let everyone know that having a plan and a path does not mean that you will be kicked down and that you wont completely lose it. It means that even though bad things may cover up your path or that you may lose all motivation to keep going,   you are worth finding it again. You can always come back to it. This is something that always comes up in my life because I get discouraged that I'm not being fulfilled, I am beginning a very scary and lonely path that may lead to the exact thing that I really need, not what I want.}