Attitude is Everything...

I woke up this morning a little out of sorts. In the “victim” mode, slightly. I had something to eat and read a new magazine I purchased yesterday.


There were stories in it about other people's lives, other people's struggles, and other people's victories. And I realized: I am the architect of my life. I can choose to meet things head on or wallow in my sense of unmet entitlements.


Not that I have anything to wallow in, it just feels that way, sometimes. And then I read things. Yesterday, Elizabeth Edwards lost her battle with cancer. Just two and a half weeks before Christmas, her children are without their mother.


No, when one loses one's mother is not nearly as important as the loss itself. Being closer to Christmas, or far from Christmas, does nothing to assuage the pain. Nor does the pain go away anytime soon.


But putting my efforts into feelings for those children took the focus off my own life. And made me put things in perspective, once again.


It's true: attitude is everything.

 Cali