Inverse Paranoid

"I've always been the opposite of a paranoid. I operate as if everyone is part of a plot to enhance my well-being"
Stan Dale

We all know what being a paranoid is. That's when we are constantly afraid that someone is "out to get us", that they will hurt us in whatever way they can. I think all of us can identify with that at some level. We are mistrustful of the people around us. We don't think that they have our best interests at heart, even when they are supposed to love us.

What would it feel like to operate as if everyone in the world had your best interests at heart, as if everyone wanted to help you achieve whatever you wanted. Think about this situation. Suppose you get stuck late at night on a lonely stretch of road, with your car broken down. An inverse paranoid would be confident that the guy who pulls over will not be a serial rapist or murderer, but instead will be the man who will fix their car quickly and then she will fall in love with and marry him. An inverse paranoid would also see losing their job as a chance to get their dream job, and getting cancer as a chance to create a healthier balance in their life and discover what's most important to them.

If we think about it, we can probably find a time in our life when something terrible happened which later turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Remembering those times helps us understand that whatever we are going through now is going to turn out better in the future too.

The more you look for the good in life, and in whatever is happening to you right now, the more you will find the good. Even the worst of experiences have opportunities in them. You just need to look for it, to expect that it is there somewhere and that you will find it eventually.

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