I have had my fill this week of grumpy people. I mean, those people who are needing help from you but cannot get their heads out of their own grumpiness to realize they are yelling at the person who is literally trying to help them. It is nuts! But I LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE when I can make that grumpy person smile.
You see, your life is your choice. Your attitude is your choice. Your actions are your choice. No one, I repeat, no one, can make you mad, grumpy, hit, yell, or SMILE. You are doing that. You are giving those people something they do not deserve and that is your happiness.
Bad things happy to good people. I know this first hand. But life is a series of choices. It is like those "make your own adventure" books. You choose. You may choose a wrong path, but that is not the end of your story. Not unless you chose it is. Keep marching, find a new path. While you are searching you could put a smile on your face. Right? You could. You could maybe find something, just one thing that you like, right? And perhaps, you might find more than one thing to like and smile about, right?
You can choose to be grumpy and make someone else miserable or you can choose happiness and make someone else happy. Which one sounds like a better world to you? I know I sure would love a world where everyone was nice and happy. I mean I do not want a world devoid of emotions, but wouldn't it be so nice if everyone you met had a smile and was at least pleasant. You do not even have to be happy, just pleasant.
When life hands you lemons you truly do have the choice to make lemonade even if it is pretend lemonade. You do not have to suck on the sour lemons. You have the choice to change things and make them better or bearable.
I try to teach my kids that principle. life is a choice. You can choose to be mad/sad/angry/happy/content/etc. It is within your power. You can give me any excuse in the book and I will find a positive in your situation. No situation is so horrible that you cannot find some good. Focus on that good.. and push forward. Eventually that small sliver will be a whole piece.. then it just builds and builds. You will have bad grumpy days. But do not stay there. When you wake the next morning, your slate is clean, your attitude is yours for the taking. Wake up with a sense of happiness, purpose and belonging.
Wake up and win the day, every single day. Even if you failed the day before, the next morning, wake up with the "I will win today" mindset! Life is a choice.. what will you choose?
~Jamie
