Attitude

A while ago a friend on the Harlequin boards made a teasing comment which got me to thinking…attitude makes a world of difference in everything we do.

She’d noticed I’d been over at Jill Shalvis’s blog…maybe a tad too much.  ;-)  I took it as a HUGE compliment.  If only I could sound so funny and appealing as Jill.  I don’t know how many of you have been by her blog but what she has is great attitude.  And yeah, you bet I’d really like to emulate her example of seeing the funny side of things in everything we do.

You see every story can be told in more than one way.  Most things that happen to us I suppose could be told in a negative way…woe is me…this day bites…feel sorry for me type of attitude.  That’s easy and perhaps even a bit natural for a lot of us.  Well, for me anyhow.  ;-)  For example, my story about taking my dog for a run for the first time could have been totally different.  Instead of putting it in Kia’s(my dog’s) perspective, I could have lamented about all of my irritation at being drug halfway across the county.  It was frustrating.  Truly.  But after I’d thought about it for a while I’d also seen the humor behind it.  That was what I chose to write about.  Yeah, I had to look for it, but wouldn’t you rather recall things with a bit of humor even if it is at yourself?  Makes life more enjoyable.

And on that thought comes part of the reason I look for ways to put that kind of spin on my postings, why I keep reading Jill’s blog–Personally, I love to read things that make me smile.  Puts away the grumble monster and lightens my outlook for the day.  Who wouldn’t?  I mean, I have found I do not go back to blogs that rant and rave and have ‘issues’ they are constantly gripping about.  Yuck!  I might try for a bit but little by little if that’s all they are dishing out…I drift away.

As for my own posting—I’m not a funny person, I can’t tell a joke to save my life, nor have I ever been the life of a party.  But I have always been an optimist and being able to write, to post things here has been a gift in many ways allowing me try and find a way to express that bright outlook with a bit of humor in things.  On here I can edit and edit and edit until I feel that maybe, just maybe I’ll get a bit of a smile out of you.  :-)  Though I don’t doubt there are days when like today, I’m just simply talking, rambling and maybe being a bit like I am, boring and you are all probably wondering when, if ever, I’m going to get to my point…stop talking…Hmmm, maybe I’d better do that now. 

Life isn’t easy but with the right attitude it can be sweeter.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Cole