Yesterday, I was asked a question that's been
posed to me many times: "How come you're
always in a good mood?"
I'm not 'always' in a good mood, but, for the most
part, I am. It takes more than a petty annoyance
or irritation to convince me to give up my amiable
disposition. They don't qualify as deterrents. I like
feeling good, inside and out.
People perceive me as a person who's 'always'
in a good mood because I don't unload my bad,
sad and troubled ones on the world. I share them
with a select few people.
There are enough people who want to bring down
the world around them when their mood bottoms
out. I don't want to be counted among their ranks.
When I'm sad, I want the people around me to
remain happy, to hold on to their good nature and
keep it safe while I'm away in the shadows. I want
a sunny place to return to when my own personal
clouds have passed.
When I'm troubled, I want the people around me to
remain free of my troubles, to work on their own
problems and make strides toward solving them.
I have trusted shoulders to call upon when I need
help to carry a burden. I don't have to burden every
shoulder I come across with a load of trouble.
When I'm cranky and miserable, I want the people
around me to be spared from having to endure
the awful irritability I'm feeling inside. I don't like
the way it feels and I don't want to pass along my
wretched misery to someone else. People aren't
dumping grounds and I refuse to use them as such.
I keep my garbage to myself.
When my time here on earth is done, I want the
calendar of my days to show more positive check
marks than negative X's. I can't accomplish that
task if I'm in a foul mood and busy ruining the
mood of everyone I meet.
I may not 'always' be in a good mood, but, if you
bring me rain, and regardless of my mood, I hand
you sunshine in return, together, we will have
created a rainbow.
And I can call it a good day.

~ Terri McPherson~
Wise Hearts

Weaving Small Wisdoms Through The Fabric Of Life