Sunday Story…Waiting for the Next Raindrop to Fall

Or in our case the next pandemic or election snafu or riot or snopacalypse.

 

The last 12 months have been unlike any other in my memory. It seems like the hits just keep on coming and we aren’t talking about the top 40 here. More like a ham and egg boxer in with the world champ…hit, hit, hit, and hit. No matter what defense I put up something new creeps through and smacks me upside the head. All out of my control. I didn’t cause any of this to happen. I’m just an innocent bystander.

 

It is often said that it isn’t what happens to us that matters. What matters is what we do with what happens to us. It’s our attitude about what happens to us that matters. You can be mad, you can be sad, you can be any number of things…it is your choice.

 

Look life can be difficult. Things happen that aren’t to our liking, things that go against the grand plan we imagine for our lives. You get to decide what your attitude is going to be. This is the only real freedom we have and it is the only freedom every human has…the freedom to determine their attitude about their circumstances.

 

At any rate…remembering that no matter what someone always has it worse than you do might help you generate some gratitude to approach your situation with. Gratitude is the great antidote for everything that ails you!

 

John Mariotti

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