Virtuous Cyles(DW#24)
We have all heard of (and likely experienced) vicious cycles: A bad situation or behavior that is the cause of another situation which in turn causes the first, bad situation again.
It is quite easy to get into vicious cycles.
When things start of go wrong they sometimes seem to spiral out of control. Skip one day of your exercise routine, for example, and you are likely to make unhealthy choices for the rest of the day.
Bring home a bad mood and the family reacts and makes the bad mood worse.
But have you heard of virtuous circles?
A virtuous cycle works on the same principle of cause and effect. In a virtuous cycle, things go from good to better.
One of my favorites types of virtuous circles is:
Do good, feel good. Feel good, do good.
When we are feeling good, we are much more likely to 'do good', that is behave in ways which take our day in a positive direction. The more 'good' we do, the better we feel and so the virtuous cycle perpetuates.
A pretty awesome way to live, don't you think?
So the next time we are having a bad day, let us give remind ourselves of this feedback loop. Sometimes all it takes is a gentle nudge, a moment of pause to intercept the downward spiral.
It may even turn a vicious cycle into a virtuous one.
But at the very least it stops the vicious cycle. For sure.
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