Let me start this off by saying, let’s make today a GREAT day!!! Let it be funny, happy, good-spirited, and enjoyable.
 
As I say all the time, you need to do something special every day. This doesn’t have to be anything big or expensive or anything like that, it just needs to be something that you find to be special, fun, rewarding—however you want to define that something special. Be sure to do that today.
 
I believe we have all met people that are not very nice. They do not see the world and their life as a wondrous place. They are always so neggy, critical, unhappy, and all of that kind of stuff. I think we have all also met the kind of person who is always uplifting, says good things, does good things, and laughs. Which one are you? Honestly which one are you?
 
For most of us, I guess, we fall somewhere in between. But, be that as it may, there is always that one either positive or negative defining element which comes to be the definition of our lives. Really, which one are you? Which one do you embrace? Perhaps the bigger question is, why are you that way?
 
Though most people may not even notice this, but when we allow negative people into our life, that is what is brought into our life. That is what influences our behavior. This is the same with those that are positive. They come into our existence, and all becomes happy and smiley and all that good kind of stuff.
 
Who do you associate with? What have they done to your life?
 
For example, growing up, through my adolescence, and well into my adulthood, most of the people who surrounded me were very serious. Most probably, this was, at least in part, due to the fact that I hung out with a lot of what may be defined as the spiritual intellectual set. They were always deep in thought and constantly analyzing the realities of this existence. That’s who I was drawn to, so I guess that’s who I already was. At the point I met my lady, she was always so full of natural innate joy and laughter that it really turned my life around. That’s one of the main things that drew me to her all those decades ago.  From that point forward, laughter just overtook me. So, that mindset was within me, as well. But, it was toned down by the others that surrounded me. Since that point in time, I spend way more time laughing than embracing any other frame of mind. Meaning, the people you associate with will guide you whether they do this with a conscious predisposition or not.  So, choose well who you decide to hang out with.
 
All this being said, we can, each of us, be a good and positive influence on the world around us. We can choose to be happy, bring joy to others, and inspire others to leave any level of negativity behind.
 
Whomever you were, that does not have to be who you now are or whom you will become. You can, right now, stop embracing any level of negativity and allow the joy to overtake you.
 
Try it, right now. Be Happy! You know how it feels. Let it be you, right now!
 
Okay, all this being said… Back to the beginning… Make today a GREAT day! Do something good. Do something that makes you feel good. Do something good for someone else. Only say, do, and think good, positive, and happy thoughts. If you catch yourself drifting, take control.
 
Make today a Special Day.