Want to know why I’m the way I am?  Lean in and let me tell you just why.

Why I’m so easy going, overall positive person. Why the glass is ALWAYS overflowing? Why not much gets to me or under my skin? Why I’m unbothered and not easily offended? Why I’m more happy than sad? More thankful and grateful than complaining?

How about why I’m a dream chaser? Overly ambitious and seemingly fearless? Why I don’t mind trying new things? Why failure teaches me lessons and pushes my feet further down the road? Why my outlook on the world is strange? How come I see things so differently?

How I listen to my name be slandered and remain with a smile? Why my concerns are just what they are? Why my worries, trials, and pain doesn’t last always? Why it’s easy for me to smile at everyone, even those that secretly don’t like me or politicking around me to remove me. Just how I can pray for them anyhow?

Do you really want to know why this shit doesn’t bother me like they’d want it to? Why I won’t allow them to see me sweat? Or my tears, anger, or disappointment? I was asked recently if I was mad and why not. They said, “if I were you, I’d be mad.”

I am who I am because there is more to this life than the silly antics I raised above. There is more to life than allowing the issues of people to rain on my parade. I have ONE life and I can’t live it worrying about things you can’t control. I have one life to ROCK in so why be afraid of operating outside of the box.

Why should I worry about trivial things? Just this week I learned of how hospice was called in on a young vibrant man and the family is spending the next few days preparing for them to be his last. Today, in a small town not far from me, a host of family and friends are saying their goodbyes to a young lady and her unborn baby girl. Just this time last week, she was preparing for her baby revealing party. At this celebration, these same individuals learned she was a girl. Her last message I saw said “I can’t wait to meet you baby girl.” Shortly thereafter, RIP messages began to surface from a tragic car accident. And on last night, several family members decided to celebrate their birthdays together. On the way to the festivities, a car accident took the life of one of the honorees.

Are you still wondering why I take life so easy? Because I know things could be different. This week, our friends went down memory lane of their daughter that lost her life to complications of cancer by releasing 11 mint green balloons for the years of her life and 1 white balloon to represent their 1st year without her. Continue to rest Sweet Sydney.

Alongside me daily, I have a husband and 2 beautiful kids. We all are doing just fine. We have a nice house, the cars are working, and all bills get paid. No jobs on the verge of being lost. And everyone around us are doing alright.

If you ask me, I have no reason to complain or be upset. As I look around on the news, so much is going on. All listed above ain’t worth a headache. I’m sure if you turn to your own situations, you may feel the same.

It’s all about perspectives. You can perceive your situation to be tumultuous or you can decide to view it as exciting. You can view it as an issue or a problem to solve. An attack or a challenge to strengthen you. Difficult or interesting. Fat or just curves (LOL).

However you view it. You get to decide.

Thanks for your attention. Remember you are your own competition.

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