You know what the OSM said to me today? He "We had bacon in three courses, that's a celebration." And he's right. He's so completely and totally right. There were SO many reasons to celebrate today. Let me list them for you.
1) Today was the first official Husker game of the season. This alone is, for me, a holiday.
2) I got to spend the day with friends and family (and facebooking the football fans that weren't near).
3) I figured out how to make chili exactly how I like it.
4) After waiting for 2 years, I finally got a stolen sweatshirt from the OSM. Worth the wait.
5) The Huskers WON with a 29pt spread.
6) And we did have bacon in EVERYTHING. It was in the chili, it was on the burgers, it was in dessert.
Today alone had 6 different reasons for celebration. Each day has at least one. Well, let's be real, most days do. Sometimes you have to look pretty hard for it, but most of the time there is one. And that's the real point. Each day will offer you something wonderful, but its completely up to you as to whether you grasp it or not. Each day is full of good and bad, but will the good or the bad get your attention?
I'm more determined than ever to focus on the good. And not only because it's almost Autumn and thusly every day starts out practically perfect. But because whether the day is good or bad is entirely up to you and what you choose to focus on. Granted, there are things that you have no control over that suck and there is nothing you can do about it. Illness, death, flood or fire, etc. The big things. But most of us don't deal with those big things very often. Most of the stuff we deal with is that biatch with the attitude in the cubicle next to yours that smells like cabbage and has an annoying laugh. Focus instead on the good things in your day, and suddenly the bad things will get so small you'll wonder how they ever affected you at all.
Celebrate each day. You're alive. You're changing. And life is good. You deserve a celebration each day. And so does the world you live in.
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