A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
~Herm Albright
This quote makes me laugh because I am one of those people who gets annoyed with people who have perpetual positive attitudes. Maybe that's because I wish I was one of those people with perpetual positive attitudes and I fall short constantly. I mean short as in grouch-short.
Our family has thrived for many generations on negativity and whining. It's all we heard. I didn't realize it until I was away from the family and went back and listened to my grandmother, my mother and then myself. Yikes, no wonder people didn't like being around us.
It didn't take my brother that kind of culture shock to wake him up. He used to be just like me. In fact in college at his fraternity he was known as Mr. Sunshine because he so was not. That was his wake-up call. He told me later that he didn't want to be Mr. Sunshine any more so he just changed his attitude.
I asked him how. He said he just did it, like the Nike ad. That was no help to me at all and so I still struggle with having a positive attitude daily. Some days the positive wins and others, well you know, everything goes wrong and I turn into the grouch.
On the good days, however, when I am able to maintain my positive attitude longer than until before breakfast, I do enjoy annoying people by being nice.
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Ann Mullen is a woman of a certain age who has been writing for two decades. Her website Self-Help Discovery covers self-help articles on a wide range of topics. You are invited to come and see what else is on our site.
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