Lately I’ve been fascinated with these self-help books on being positive and how to get the best out of your life. I’ve read several different ones and all of them are really upbeat and the most basic premise is that a person’s attitude dictates their life and how they perceive everything. They are very inspiring.
Makes sense, right?
Basically if you expect the worst you’ll probably get it, and if you expect the best you might get it, and if you don’t then be happy with what you do get and the shut the hell up with the complaining. I’m paraphrasing, of course. (And there’s probably a good reason why I don’t write inspirationals.)
So, I like these ideas and I actually do believe a lot of it. I want to be positive and have that outlook.
For instance, last week my husband was driving home from work and a small rock hit his windshield taking a chip out of the glass. By the next morning it had cracked 15 inches across the windshield and by that evening it was pretty much across the whole thing. We had to get a guy to come out and replace the windshield and it cost $250. Ouch.
Possible Response 1: Damn! That’s $250 I could have spent on Pomegranate Margaritas or food for the needy or Pomegranate Margaritas for myself.
But see how that has a negative attitude?
Possible Response 2: That’s just the way it goes. No one was hurt, the guy who fixed the windshield came right to our house and there was little inconvenience.
Another example. I was headed for a nice walk the other morning. When I opened the door something fell and hit me on the head. I looked down and a lizard was sprawled across my welcome mat with a dazed look on his tiny face. After a lot of jumping around, ripping off my hat, and throwing it in a shrub, I realized it wasn’t that bad. I wasn’t actually hurt, just freaked out. A few weeks ago a similar thing happened to my mother-in-law except what fell off her door was a baby rattlesnake. Mine was only a lizard so I was much luckier.
I guess those positive thoughts are working.
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can we wear one of these at conference? 'Cause that would be AWESOME!
For Christie!
hahahahahaha
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OMG! I just snorted. Hilarious! Poor little scared lizard! Gross! I know somebody that kills lizards with a straight shot of 409 from the top of her bed while screaming at the top of her lungs. I'd say you handled that very well.
Thanks! The only problem is I flinch everytime I open the front door now. I keep expecting the little fiend to come back for round two.
That's too funny!
Was it a gecko? I think they're cute...but I wouldn't want one in my hair.
We actually had one living in our house for a while...they eat bugs, so I wasn't that worried.
We finally caught him and put him outside, but he was only about an inch and a half long...not too threatening.
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