always be positive

When you’re in a miserable environment all the time this is hard to do. I put this on my list b/c I was always surrounded by negative people and it drained me. I had to remind myself all the time to be positive. Now that I am cleared of that I have no problem being positive and inspiring others. When I’m positive, good things happen!

I definitely had some challenges being positive over the past 1/2 yr or so. I have great support from my friends and family and just to look at the world and life as a whole. It’s sometimes hard to pull out positives from things that happen to us or people around us but when you’re able to do that it makes us much happier and doesn’t hold us back from moving forward.

Sometimes you try to stay really positive and it’s tough. I’ve had a rough couple weeks. My cousin was killed in a car accident by a drunk driver on Christmas morning. I was supposed to pick her up that morning to come to my parent’s house. I was the lucky one in that I got to go out with her the night before the accident.

On a much lesser level but still impacting me a bit is work. They are so cheap here it’s tough to get them to give me a raise or a new title. Unreal! I am not one to wait around and have been interviewing. I did get a job offer but with a company we just acquired so you could imagine how much more money I got! Let’s put it this way- I get more on my annual cost of living increases! I’m pretty sure I’ll pass on that and keep looking. The tough part about looking is that you have your ups and downs. One day it looks like you have this amazing opportunity and the next things change. I did get a new boss this week and spoke to him about my position so we’ll see if anything changes. It isn’t horrible being here but I am underpaid and not happy about it.

I know things happen for a reason and in the end they all turn out ok. It’s really tough to find reasons why a 27-year-old died so young. I have had lots of people give different explanations and different ways people find many reasons but I haven’t found that reason.

Sometimes we go through these tough times where two or three things fall on you and your challenged to stay positive and be happy and to look ahead. I’ve managed to do that and as time goes I’ll heal but I’ll never completely heal.

I love being positive it really motivates people! :]
Beings Positive Involves:

-Hey! Come one do it!
-Come on! You almost got!
-Maybe next time, you were really close though!
-Learn just more word!
-Come on now, don’t make me push you!
-[And for people that don’t have jobs..lol] I do have a job! My job is to sit on this chair for 8 hours…you know it won’t keep itself warm…hehe

I hope everybody had fun reading that! :P

I don’t know of anything that gets you more positive than a vacation! I was gone for a couple weeks and as the days went on my attitude just kept getting that much more positive. It’s not like I was negative before but sometimes work can be a drag and bring you down a bit. I did a really good job when I started to stay out of the BS here and I wanted to make sure I reinforced that thought over my vacation. I know some changes I want to make and sort of have a plan on when I want to do it but for the moment I need to keep chugging away and keeping the positive attitude until I get to the point I want to reach!

I’ve been rather positive. Once the sun is shining and I’m on the beach, I’m about as positive and happy as I could get. I know every now and then I bitch about a crappy weekend day but there are positives to be found in that. For some reason, Sat was cool and not very nice but it was good to have some time indoors not feeling guilty about not being in the nice weather to catch up on some stuff. It wasn’t what I planned on but it gave me an opportunity to finish some stuff I’ve been putting off. Life is better if you could put a positive spin on it but it sometimes is a real challenge to do that. When things are going your way it’s really tough so I hope to read this one day when things aren’t so good and remember to just keep up the good attitude and good things will happen!

If I weren’t positive today would be a disaster. First, I overslept… ok, not a super big issue considering nothing was going on but didn’t want to get in TOO late. So I figured I’d be about an hour later- I’d take the expressway over the sideroads like I normally do since traffic should have died down. I get in the car and noticed the sunglasses were missing. I picked them up on the way out, i swear I did. Afterall, the TV said it was going to be sunny. So I backtracked to our place and they were no where to be found. I walked around, went back inside, no where. So after wasting 20min I took off. On the way to work, not 1 but 2 different accidents. I was thinking I’d be here by 10AM but it wasn’t until almost 10:30AM. No need to stress- I mean, sometimes these things happen, right? I come to work, check the calendars and find out most people are in a two hour meeting. I managed to get in without really anyone noticing. Then during lunch I went to Target to pick up a Mother’s Day Card. I was just going to mail it off right away. (I also picked up a cheap pair of sunglasses until I get some stylin’ ones!). So I reach into my pocket to find the 2 cent stamp but the 37 cent missing. Ok- I NEVER lose things and this is twice in one day! I just figured it was going to be one of those, so I filled up the car and headed back to ensure I wouldn’t be late for the 1PM. Glad I did- I hit every red light and still made it ok. On that note, it’s time for my 2:30! Hopefully, no more craziness!

This might be one of the hardest times to be positive. My grandma passed away last week but I managed ok. She had Alzheimer’s which didn’t take away from the fact she died but there was some comfort in knowing she wasn’t trapped in that body any more. My wife Cheryl’s mom had brain surgery on Monday to fix twitching on the left side of her face. My brother and I went to visit on Fri when she was home and while we were there see got a phone call that the X-rays of her lungs were questionable. Given she had breast cancer we’re all being positive that maybe there is something wrong with the X-ray and that it’s nothing serious. This isn’t wishful thinking as I know they have messed up the X-rays on my mom twice in the past 6 months. I just don’t understand why they have a person wait a week after such a conversation.

Too many times we have things that get us down and we get in this rut where it’s hard to find something positive. I know things have been good for me and everyone I love is in good health, which is most important, but somehow I still found myself being a little negative. Normally, I am a positive person but every now and then I get down. I think everyone does. This goal is to remind myself that when I get down, that it does happen, and that I could reduce the amount of time it lasts. It’s easier said than done and it’s probably going to be most challenging goal of mine. It’s really hard to think positive when things get you down so the whole goal of mine is to try not to get to that point.