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Attitude

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Yesterday, I woke up with this in my head.

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I thought, “where in the heck did that come from?”. Usually, I wake up with bad 70s songs in my head wondering the same thing. But this made me stop and think.

The first thing I did was search google to see who’s quote it was. It wasn’t there so I guess it’s my quote given to me by my sleeping brain. I couldn’t get it out of my head. David and I talked about it while we were walking. 

I’m fully of the belief that your attitude determines how you go through life. I choose to be positive because negative is just too hard. So if you choose to be positive, you belong to the group of people who are happy, getting things done, and having a great life. If you choose to be negative, your life stinks and it’s hard. It’s really a pretty easy choice.

So, anyway, I hope that in the future I’ll wake up with more of these great ideas instead of “I love, little baby ducks, old pickup trucks, slow moving trains, and rain“. 😉

Happy As You Want to Be

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For about six months or so, my friend, Chickee, and I have been talking about how important your words and thoughts are to how you feel each day.

Abraham Lincoln said,

“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be”

And I believe that. Your mind is pretty powerful and I believe that if you focus on the positive, the outcome will be positive.

I love the following quote. I’ve seen it attributed to Ghandi, Lao Tse and even Margaret Thatcher’s dad. But I’ll go ahead and give it to Ghandi.

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Think about that. Then put it into practice.

Every morning on social media, I see people starting their day with a status or tweet that begins with “Ugh”. Anything else could follow. It’s Monday, I’m getting sick. Why can’t I stay in my nice warm bed. You know what I’m talking about. You’ve seen it, too.

I firmly believe that if you begin your day like that, you are setting yourself up for a day that could have gone better if you’d have just started it with a few different words. Words that are positive.

I challenge you to give it a try. Don’t complain for, say, even a week. Everything time you think or say something negative about yourself or your world, be cognizant and rethink it. I guarantee that at the end of that time, you will be a happier person for your effort. 🙂