Attitudes

I was at a reunion this past weekend with a group of friends I went to college with 20 some odd years ago.

It was so much fun to sit and tell the funny stories from college and laugh. 

It struck me that I hadn't laughed that much in a very long time. 

I wonder why that is? 

Do we just get so caught up in the mundane chore of everyday living that we forget to stop and have fun? 

We talked about that this weekend. Why is it that we waited 20 years to get together? What have we been doing for those 20 years? 

I guess life gets busy and next thing we know, it's been 20 years since we were with the people who basically became like family to us. 

We all lived in dorms so we really got to know each other..the good, the bad and the ugly. We were like family and getting together this past weekend was a true testament to that. 

There were no judgements, no "better than thou" attitudes, no comparisons. Just everyone accepting each other for where they'd been and who they had become. 

I wish every day life could be like that. 

Why do so many people look for reasons to be offended? If they look hard enough each day, they will find those reasons. 

Why do so many people feel they have to judge others on what they have or don't have? 

I once read that if you meet a person on the street, you should find something about him to like, even if it's just the fact that they have nice shoelaces. 

Look for things to admire about someone, instead of things to feel resentful about. 

We all have our own struggles, we all have our own stories and we all have our own reasons for being the way are. 

Until you walk in another's shoes, it's seems pretty petty and pretty useless to judge them. It also just seems like such a waste of time and energy to be angry, to be resentful, and to blame someone for your reaction to them. 

There are so many wonderful things in the world to be grateful for...like the friends from college who embrace you upon meeting again and who, when they say they are glad to see you again, you know they mean it. 

Take less time to find things to be offended by and more time to find things to be thankful for. You'll be amazed at how your energy, your well-being and your attitude shifts.....M