First off, WOO!! 2,000 pageviews of my blog. I've come a long way since June of last year. Yeah, 2,000 isn't that much, but for me, I consider it an accomplishment. We'll see what this year brings.
Anyway, for those of you who have been reading my blog since the beginning, on July 5th, I wrote a blog called "Attitude is EVERYTHING!!". Tonight, (or this morning I guess) I want to revisit that point for a moment, and do a bit of a "re-blog" if you will.
Lately, (and by "lately" I mean the last couple weeks) I've been in a pretty good mood. I took some time to ponder about it today while I was at work. I thought for sure there must be a specific reason why I felt so good. I tried to narrow it down to things that were happening in my life. The more I thought about it, the less I was able to put my thumb on it and say "Yes, this is what's happening that's making me feel so good." BUT, I couldn't. That's when I reflected back to that previous blog and I realized, it's just my attitude about life right now that's doing it. Somehow without realizing it, I just decided to be happy and positive about things. I'll quote my last blog about attitude;
"It's the principles of attitude and desire. These two things fuel most of what we do. If we have a strong enough desire for something, or for something to happen, it causes us to act, to move, and to do what needs to be done in order to obtain our desires. If something happens to us, whether good or bad or whatever, our attitude determines how we respond, or go about it. When we can get these two principles in order, life will go well."
I think I kept hitting these bad spots in the last while, and I wasn't working to get myself out of them. However I started to build a strong desire to be happy and positive about things. This led to my action of just being happy, and seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. (again, I'm not dying)
Another quote from that same blog;
"Every time a friend tells me they are angry at what someone did, I ask them who made them angry. The reply is always that the other party caused it. In reality, it is only us who chooses our attitudes and emotions. You've heard it before, but the only person who can make you happy, mad, sad, etc, is YOU. You choose how to react in a situation, not anybody else."
So there you have it. Just be happy about things. Just because life goes sourly doesn't mean you need to go along with it.
Laugh when you can,
apologize when you should,
and let go of what you can't change.
Life's too short to be anything...but happy
Andrew, you're an amazing writer! I'm impressed. And inspired. Usually I make fun of people who are inspired by blogs, but that's because they're stay at home moms inspired by the latest craft project. :)
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