Thursdays Best

Good Morning Friends,

Thursday has arrived, how can you make your life the best it can be? By choosing to have the right attitude. I greet many people in the morning each day, when ask how I am, I reply excellent or great along with no complaints. Everyone seems to say the same thing; you can complain, but no one will listen. My response to this is simple; if I have time to complain, then I have time to fix what is wrong or accept it's out of my control. Don't get me wrong, we all have bad days, but a good day to me is being alive and able to make a positive impact on those around me. It all comes back to our choices as we begin the day. What choices can you make this morning to make your life the best it can be?...and will you continue to make that choice each day?

“The world is what you make of it.”

― E.L. Mendell

“Surround yourself with positive people who believe in your dreams, encourage your ideas, support your ambitions, and bring out the best in you.”

― Roy Bennett

Have A Great Life

Catherine Pulsifer  

I have written about many different people I have met. And I do meet lots of people. We have a small shop at the Cruise Terminal in Saint John. Depending on the size of the ship docking in Saint John, we see 2,000 to 4,000 people in one day.

We meet some of the most interesting people. People from all nations, from all walks of life.

A Positive Outlook

Last week I was fortunate to me an older woman with a very positive outlook. We had a discussion about many different things; she was one of those people who you would want to be your grandmother. When she was leaving our shop, I said to her "Have a great day". She looked up at me from her wheelchair and said, "No, have a great life!"

Her words made me smile and I said to her, "You are right".

To which she replied, "Yes it is not just today that it is great, it is life that is great, so enjoy it all!"

Words from a Book

The next day I was reading a book by William Arthur Ward and came across these words of wisdom he had written many years ago but that still apply today. Regardless of age, you are still young at heart as long as you exclaim

"Wow" instead of "What's the use!" . . .

when you say "Hot dog" instead of "Oh well" . . .

when you yell, "Yippee" instead of "So what?". . .

when you contend "Everyone's important" instead of "You can't fight City Hall" . . .

When you insist "Folks are swell" instead of "You can't trust people anymore" . . .

When you greet others with "What a great day to be alive!" instead of "The world is shot to pieces" . . .

When you proclaim "What an opportunity" instead of "What a predicament."

Thursday's laugh.........

A hound dog lays in the yard and an old man in overalls sits on the porch. "Excuse me, sir, but does your dog bite?" a jogger asks. The old man looks over his newspaper and replies, "Nope." As soon as the jogger enters the yard, the dog begins snarling and growling, and then attacks the jogger's legs. As the jogger flails around in the yard, he yells, "I thought you said your dog didn't bite!" The old man mutters, "Ain't my dog."

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