I’m not going to lie.  It’s been a hard morning to come up with something or someone to speak positively about.  It’s not like there aren’t positive people in my life or even positive things going on, but there are these times when the bad outweighs the good by a long shot.  I’ve been staring at my computer screen for over an hour trying to come up with something to write that didn’t sound bitter or like a backhanded complement to someone.  Let’s face it, some days it’s just hard to be positive and today might be one of those days.

It’s days like this where I have to force myself to ignore all the crap going on around me for a moment and notice the little things.  I think we all have those days where it’s easier to focus on the negative and sometimes it seems that’s all there is.  Our world becomes so small and everything in it is going to crap.  At least for me it’s a real struggle to look past all the things surrounding me and find something to bring me out of it. Things like the way my one year old holds tight around my neck when he first wakes up.  Or how my three year old climbs in bed next to me and settles in like he could stay there all day.  These are things that I need to force myself to focus on.  Even as I am typing this my one year old is scooting closer to me as he’s watching a cartoon, and I can’t help but smile.

What do you focus on when everything seems to be going the wrong way?  What are the little things that turn a negative day into something that you can be positive about.  

I know this is a little different Positive Post Tuesday, but that’s where I’m at today.  So now it’s your turn.  I read every single post and totally appreciate all of you that participate.  It’s super encouraging to see how this has grown and grown.  For those of you just showing up here’s how it works. It’s pretty simple. (1) Write something nice about someone, building them up, encouraging them, you know.. being nice. (2) Fill out the box below. Have fun.