I'm sitting here in my big, manly, black leather poppa chair in my living room reminding myself to take note of some of the good stuff in my life. Call it taking time to smell the roses if you like. I call it feeding my Gratitude Attitude. That means having just as much gratitude for the little stuff like taking a deep breath when you open a fresh jar of coffee, as for the big stuff like cashing a very nice check.
Our Gratitude Attitude doesn't mean looking at life through rose colored glasses. Bi-focals will do just fine. "Big Louie" the head guy in my book Staying Happy Healthy And Hot, keeps reminding us that we sometimes can't help what's happening in our lives, but we can help how we feel about our lives. I guess you could say it's about taking charge of where we put our emotional focus.
There is a nut case dictator in North Korea, and we need to recognize that threat. But not when there's a scoop of cherry vanilla ice cream in a dish right in front of you. There's a time and a place for everything. Dig in. Enjoy. And remember that not too many North Koreans have a dish of cherry vanilla ice cream in front of them. That's the Gratitude Attitude.
Some politician in Washington pulls an outstandingly stupid, or greedy trick? Be glad you're an American, so you really don't have to sit at the top of your driveway with your shotgun to pick off a pack of bad guys storming up the block to hurt your lady, or yourself, or to take your stuff. At least not today you don't. And probably not tonight either. Not even next week. One day/night at a time. Gratitude Attitude.