Attitude is everything

Some of you who know me well probably know that the last month has probably been among the worst in my life. Those of you who don't know me as well can just understand that it's been a whirlwind of bad news one minute after the other. I've had one thing after the other pounding at my psyche, and everytime I think it's over, the next tsunami hits.
I've had some pretty rocky moments in my head during that time, and have done or said some really stupid things to people I care about. But I caught myself. Caught myself from falling into the trap of letting bad things happening to ME make me to want bad things to happen to others.

I am a huge believer in The FISH! Philosophy, a way of making your work life and home life better.

My favorite of the four practices of FISH! is "Choose your attitude."

Every day, every moment, you have an opportunity to decide how you are going to face the day. Things going badly? Well you have an opportunity to get pessimistic and give up, or find a way, even a small shred of optimism somewhere within you, to decide you are not going to let those bad moments get you down.

I could have easily thrown in the towel over that last 4 weeks (no, not something drastic, just meaning that I could have just given up and stopped trying to make things better).

Instead, I've faced the adversity...and feel stronger now than I was before I went through this mess.

I can still make people smile and laugh. I can still hold my head high. I can still be who I am at the core and know that what matters in life is not WHAT you have in it, but WHO you have in it.

So if you, like many others, get hit with personal disasters in the near future...take a minute to step back and ask yourself what attitude you are going to have.

Me? I choose remain positive, and know that tomorrow is a new day.