I hope to be back to regular posts soon but I hope you enjoy this one. And, you might find some new people to follow. I recommend them all.  

@AFlirtYourself -- The doors we open and close each day determine the lives we live. ~ Flora Whittemore

@TheSingleWoman -- Like the pieces of a puzzle, the people meant to be in your life will fit naturally.

@TheSingleWoman -- You're where you are for a reason. And you're where you're NOT for a reason, too...

@DeepakChopra -- Be mindful of how you release your negativity so that it does not reflect back into your reality.

@AnneLamott -- You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better.

@HotComesToDie -- The beauty of men is that they always think they're fabulous. It never occurs to them they're not.  The tragedy of women is that they never think they're fabulous. It never occurs to them they are.

@JackGrayCNN -- When you start your day playing a 110 point word on Words with Friends, you know it's all downhill from there.

@TheSingleWoman -- I'd rather be someone who's single than someone who's settled. #justsaying

@NovelDoctor -- If I could live anywhere, I'd live in the hesitation before the last page of a great novel is turned.

@thecheckoutgirl -- Love is an escalator and my heart's shoe is untied. 

@kristysf -- My daughter just looked at my tummy and said, "Mama, your belly button is SPICY." I'm gonna go with "compliment."

@TheSingleWoman -- Sometimes serendipity comes knocking on your door in the form of a detour, an obstacle, or even a breakup.

@DrLori71 -- 5y.o. watching Kidz Bop commercial: They spelled kids wrong. Me: They did that to be funny. 5y.o.: That's not funny. Not funny at all. 

@AFlirtYourself -- Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin. ~ Grace Hansen

@TheSingleWoman -- Let go of how you think Love is SUPPOSED to arrive. Love LOVES to sneak up & take you by surprise! :) 

 

@_TomMcLaughlin -- Just found the hamster dead. So far, everyone seems to have an alibi.

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When I reinstated my Twitter account, a friend sent a tweet that said, "And, she's back!" I responded with a not quite so cheery, "Yes, not happily, but I am back." He replied, "Why not happily?" and then... well, then that is when the brick hit me between the eyes.

Why not happily, indeed.

If I made the decision to rejoin Twitter (and other social media), why was I acting as though someone had a gun to my head? I made the decision based on reasons that mattered to me and acted on it. It was my call. Just like it was my call to quit in the first place. So, why was I intent on being miserable about it? Why was that even a valid response? It was at that moment that I turned around my attitude and decided to enjoy social media again, still retaining my view that it shouldn't be more important than, or take time away from, 'real life' interactions and relationships. Thankfully, I have that balance again.

Of course, this applies generally to everything, doesn't it? Life is little more than decisions made and actions taken. If we are not being manipulated, coerced, or otherwise tortured into them, we should embrace the decisions we've made, secure in the knowledge that we made the best ones we could, given the situation and information in front of us. Not every decision may make us happy but still, if it's for the best, we should appreciate that.

Very few of us enjoy going to the office when it's a gorgeous day outside. But, we made a decision to work at an office job and abide by the employer's stipulations that to be paid, we must show up. So, does it make sense to grouse about all day, bemoaning the fact that you aren't outside? Do you get any more minutes of sunlight in a day you were grumpy versus a day you were pleasant?

If you aren't happy in your job regardless of the weather, that's different. Or, is it? We are all free to make another decision to quit, or choose a new profession, or move into a tent out West and live off the land, and if we feel we can't do those things for whatever reason (economy, geography, family obligations, fear of snakes, etc.), well, then, that's a decision, too, isn't it?

I guess my long-winded point is, there are so few days in our lives as it is, it just doesn't make sense to spend any more of them in pain or heartache or sadness than absolutely unavoidable. Our attitude is the one thing we have control over so why not choose to have a good one?

Debra, I hope you're listening while you're writing.