Comments on: “Having” vs. “Creating” a good day.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:52:47 +0000

Davey, this was an amazing triumphant thought even if simply put out there. My boyfriend and I plan on implementing this thought and its intent into our ‘verbage’ or vocabulary.
Thank you so much for your input on YouTube and participation in sharing your life and thoughts. You have truly helped a soul with your blog.

By: mark

mark — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:43:07 +0000

Davey, my friends always comment on my message for voicemail… I end by saying “make a great day” I believe im making my day what id like it to be!!!

By: Victor

Victor — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 02:38:16 +0000

After my post I began to think of the scripture that says…”Today is the day which the Lord has made I WILL rejoice and be glad in it.” You or HAVING a good day because you are CREATING a good day!!! and vice versa!

By: Sari

Sari — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:45:14 +0000

This post did cheer me up. Thank you

By: Ace

Ace — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:20:08 +0000

Oh jeez. You seem to take everything so literally.

By: jupiteron

jupiteron — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 09:21:07 +0000

A Day is neither good nor bad. A Day just is. Good always has to have its opposite (bad) to define it. Either leave the dualistic world behind altogether, or fool yourself into your homemade fantasy.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:42:52 +0000

To convince yourself that a day is a good day is just an illusion.
You should be unconsciously happy without much thought.

A truly good day doesn’t need much perspective in actuality. You just need to see it as giving you opportunities and life-long lessons.

Sure, rainy days are neither good nor bad. But, you can learn to drive to work earlier to avoid the traffic and share the umbrella with a new acquaintance OR you can just continue living the same routine and complain.

This is the key to happiness: Recognising opportunities and not self-eluding yourself. Seeking neutrality with an understanding of extremes (in this case, optimism and pessimism).

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:27:46 +0000

Totally agree!~

By: Victor

Victor — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 02:33:38 +0000

I totally agree with that.. Our life is what we make out of it.. It’s up to us whether or not the glass if half full or half empty.. I am having a good day b/c I choose to look at the positive things in my life rather than focus on the negative things that are taking place. I am doing GREAT I have great health.. and I have a job!!

By: rayf

rayf — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:35:55 +0000

“Having” and “Creating” a day is as subjective as whether that day will be deemed “good” or “bad”. There are actions and attitudes we can choose to make our day better, then there are those things that are beyond our control. Sometimes, “creating” a “good” day out of really having a bad day is denial or delusion. Every day will be slightly different, and there will be days that are much worse than others just as there are those that are much better. After all, everything is relative, and all anyone can hope for is a day that will be more good than bad.

Perhaps that is really all we can hope for on any regular day, is to have an “Average or “Above Average” day rather than simply “good” or “bad”.

PS. I had a slightly below average day today.

By: Charley

Charley — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:15:28 +0000

Yeah, but sometimes s**t just happens.

By: Aaron

Aaron — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:08:12 +0000

Hi Davey Wavey. I hear this song every day on the radio:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYvg6cTOi9E

Can sometimes lift me up.

Take care

Aaron x

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:52:52 +0000

I totally understand your point of view and the pov of the other people posting similar responses. I think what DW is saying is create a good day or a good experience no matter what. Yes, you can have responsibilities and divine powers causing events but only your response or your preparation will affect the outcome of your day. That’s why he mentioned the rain, it’s neither good nor bad without human judgment, you can say “Damn, it’s raining, traffic is going to suck and I’ll probably be late” and all that will happen and you will have created the perfect bad day, but if you say “It’s raining, hopefully my flowers will grow a little more and I’ll bring an extra umbrella in case someone at the office or on the train forgot theirs,” then you have created (or at least laid the foundation) for the good day Davey is talking about.

By: christopher

christopher — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:11:04 +0000

yes,i will create a Good Day-check for work @unemployment office,look for possibilities,pay for my trip next weekend to D.C.Obama-here i come.

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 16:57:27 +0000

Whether you’re 15 or 51, there are certain things imposed on you, by adults or whoever. Still, we all have certain choices too. You certainly can create your own day (even though you’ll alway have limitations) and attitude is a big part of that.

By: Anthony Carlson

Anthony Carlson — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:39:52 +0000

I create my day using chemical pain relievers to control my daily migraine so I can get out of bed and participate in something that resemles life. soon the Drs will put a tube in myleft carotid artery and run it under the skin in my throat to my right carotid artery and connect it so I will have equal amounts of oxygen enriched blood on both sides of my brain. Maybe that will take away my daily migraine pain. I will only have to face the horrers of Hepatitis C and its treatment and Diabetes and Atherschlersis. I will then be able have a good day. Being alive is having a good day for me.

By: jerome

jerome — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:29:52 +0000

try creating a better day for someone else and

you will find your day to be much better.

when you find that you feel that you can not

create yourself a better day you are in

depression please seek help!!!!

Great making better

love

By: stunatra

stunatra — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:08:18 +0000

I don’t ask about people’s day. I just ask them “what’s up?” I think it’s easier that way.

By: Noah

Noah — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:13:51 +0000

I like the idea, but how does one break the cycle. How do you get in the mentality that i can create a great day when everything around me is going wrong? If things aren’t working out, maybe in a karmic sense or an out of your hands sense, then you have no control over creating your day. While it is a noble idea and should be tried every day, some times, as my old boss put it, sometimes the deer shoot back. There’s nothing you can do when your day creation is out of your hands and it doesn’t go your way. Just gotta roll with it.

By: Cookie

Cookie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:51:21 +0000

One of the phrases that drives me crazy that is used constantly by some people is “You know” and/or “You know what I mean”.

By: Cookie

Cookie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:45:24 +0000

Similarly, we graduated from a university, college, high school, etc. as opposed to we graduated university, college, high school, etc. A university, college, high school, etc. does not need a graduation.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 13:29:53 +0000

Great!! I try not to ask people how they are doing or how they are feeling. I make an effort to greet people by saying “It’s great to see you! or “How nice to be able to share part of my day with you.” This creates the energy I want to share with the person instead of opening up the floodgate of complaints. I really try to set the tone of my encounters.

By: John P

John P — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:43:24 +0000

LUVS IT!

By: michael

michael — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:22:01 +0000

…but isn’t it ‘your’ day that you are experiencing? I don’t think that settng out to create a great day is a selfish proposition, but rather a concious decision to shift your focus to the positive that is in all things. Perception, I believe, is a concious choice. One can choose to see the good, the benefit…, the forward progress in all things in life and nature. I’m not saying that bad things don’t happen, or that any being has total control of every outcome, but I do believe that I have the ability to choose how I perceive to experience every day. I believe I can choose to ‘create’ a good day from whatever circumstances life puts in front of me. Abe Lincoln said “Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be.” Making up ones mind, to me, implies choice. I choose to live free and create awesome days.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:13:23 +0000

I totally agree with you about how rain is neither good nor bad without our own judgements.. I personally love the rain and I feel so connected with tht world when I’m in immersed in it. The thought of water cycles and how it is constantly reused and changing makes me feel such a part of the world we live in…