The Power of Positive Thinking
We'e officially done with 2013. THANK FUCKING GOODNESS!! Last year really sucked. I can't remember a time where I dealt with such constant stress. And there are things I never write about. Need to have some semblance of privacy.
But guess what...that crap is over. It's gone and done with!
Now if you're a regular reader or actually know me, you know that I have a real cynical and sarcastic side. Yeah, shocking but true.
Let's take yesterday as an example. Chicago has been hit with a real snowstorm. When it's over there will be more than a foot of snow on the ground. I see Facebook postings of how beautiful it is and how it reminds us of how great it is to be alive. Dudes, soon you're going to have to shovel all that white shit, plus it turns into an ugly gray mush. Then we're due to have a cold streak of high temperatures in the minus numbers. Now tell me how great your life is while all this is occurring. And if all this shit was so great, you wouldn't be escaping to Florida every winter.
Face it folks, things aren't peachy all the time. It's ok to acknowledge you're having a bad day or even a series of them.
That brings us to the title of today's blog. Even a cynical ass can believe in The Power of Positive Thinking. I just like mine in smaller doses.
When my doctor told me I had Parkinson's but I should live a long time, my first thought wasn't " wow, that sure is good news about the long life." It was a lot closer to what/how the fuck am I going to do about this. Truly an acceptable reaction. Then I focused on the long life bullshit. See...small doses.
In the last year I've become friendly with about ten people dealing with drug and alcohol addiction problems. A couple of them have become the people I'm closest with at the present time.
These folks are always just a half step from having all their accomplishments slip away. I've seen a few of them lose that half step. When that happens they beat themselves up good...real good. There's lots of hand holding and hugs. It's reciprocal, too.
But it's through them that I've come up with my own way of positive thinking.
No matter how bad the day is...no matter how bad you've fucked it up...you get another chance to make it right tomorrow. Small doses! Plus if you mess that up again, you still get another chance. There's no such thing as last chances, until you get to the final fuck up! It's an ongoing process.
By the way, it doesn't always work for me, but I'm trying! That's all I can do.
Onward into 2014. Don't view it as a chance to make things right. That's what today is about. Have a good one. If not, there's Friday.
See ya then.