Family!

It's been busy as it can be here at work. But the last two days, I've realized how lucky I am. Some people I know seem to have the worst luck and also continue to make bad choices for themselves and wonder how they got in a bad situation. I have such a great family! My husband and I have gotten closer and closer and I feel like our marriage is getting better with age. (corny but true) I'm so lucky to have him. Plus he's a darn good artist and I'm so proud his first piece got published.

I'm going to see my Sister and her family tomorrow. My niece is in a play and I'm bringing the nephew a Wii. They are good kids. I can't wait to help my sister plant flowers and teach my niece how to use her cake decorating set and bowl against my nephew on the Wii. Plus I'll give my bro-n-law a hard time and he'll kid me about how much older I am than him (not much). I'm so glad my sister and I got such good guys. THEY ARE OUT THERE!

When you think you have it bad, someone always has it worse. I have to remind myself to stop bitching and remember to be thankful. I swear a positive attitude helps to get through stressful times.

Once there was a guy here at work that got on my last last last shread of a nerve. He has no social skills whatsoever and is extremely egocentric. I can't stand these types of folks -plus they tend to have entitlement issues. I continually let this guy drive me crazy. Finally I had to ask myself why I was letting his actions control me. Why did I give a crap at all? So my new tactic when I can't figure out a problem is to ask- What's the opposite? What's the absolute craziest thing I could do to solve this situation. So I decided I'd make an effort to be nice to him. Not phony- can't do that and it drives me crazy too- but I would be polite and say "Hello" to him in the hallway. Just doing that for a week decreased my stress level by 90%. I had been pouring negative energy- not to get too new-age'ie- into avoiding him or making a point NOT to speak to him when our paths crossed. Plus I was telling everyone how much I couldn't stand him. Negative energy only made me stress more. Just saying "Hello" in the hall and not focusing any energy on this guy relieved the stress I brought on myself.

So when someone or something drives you crazy- think of what's the opposite of this situation and see if that will help. Remember that no one drives you crazy- you ALLOW them to drive you crazy. Try for one day to say "Hello" to that person who seems to walk in a cloud of negative energy.

Last of all- we are a nation that thrives on gossip. Negative gossip fans negative energy. Try for one day a week to quit gossiping or to decide not to join in gossip. It will make you feel better. I have two friends who I've known for a long time. One of them used to continually try to play one of us against the other. We figured this out one time when my friend confronted me on something she thought I said about her. We made a pact then and there to tell the other person that we would not talk about anyone who was not present. We took control and put an end to gossip and an end to a potentially friendship breaking situation. I actually had to cut the game-playing friend out of my life for a year because I didn't want to be sucked back into her back-biting and gossiping. She came around and we are friends again. It was the smartest thing I could've done for our friendship.


So good vibes and positive energy to everyone. I swear it will make you feel better.




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