Are you going to have a good day...

I have just two quick stories to share today.

First, I have been walking to work for several weeks now. Most mornings I pass an older gentleman on his porch swing about halfway between home and work. At first we just smiled and nodded to each other. Last week we began exchanging good morning. Today I said hello first and asked him how he was doing. He smiled, nodded, and said, “Are you going to have a good day…..SAY YES!” Of course I smiled back and said I would have a great day.
It was a great reminder that so much of our day is determined by our own attitude. If you start the day in a funk and let every little thing get under your skin you will have a funky day. If you start with a smile and a determination to have a good day you won’t guarantee yourself a good day. But you will guarantee a much greater chance of a having a good day.

As if that wasn’t enough entertainment for the morning something else happened one block later. This may seem like a strange story to relate, but here goes nothing. I heard braches rattling high above as I walked down the street. As I got close I stopped and looked up to see what was going on. I looked up just in time to see a squirrel begin a rather rapid, unplanned descent from the tree. The poor squirrel landed right in front of me. He immediately hopped up and ran off. The amusement is not that a squirrel fell out of a tree. It is that I believe it was the same squirrel that fell out of a tree on the same block last week. It was just a strange coincidence that made me smile again.
I hope everyone has a good day (say yes!)