"Get over it, or do something about it!"

This is my new mantra/New Year's resolution. I chant it over and over in my head all throughout the day. Ok not all day but certainly when things annoy, disappoint, infuriate, depress, or otherwise effect me in a negative way. I tend to be a complainer and I tend to be a pessimist. I think I got it from my Mom. Although, on a funny note, she called it being a realist:) Thanks Mom! (Man do I hate it when people blame their parents for their mistakes.)
Ok I'll be honest I can't blame anyone but myself for my attitude, but I had to at least try. Now back to the point...which is... I finally get it. I finally understand why there are so many little sayings about "making lemonade with lemons", "catching flies with honey", "girding up your loins", "putting your shoulder to the wheel", should I go on? It's pretty annoying to hear from your elders when you're growing up, but did they ever have a point.
I never, ever, as a life long hater of the phrase "get over it" and someone who loves wallowing in their sorrows, thought I would say this, but having a bad attitude accomplishes nothing. (There, I said it, and as I said it I paused to take a deep breathe and exhale slowly. I wish my dad were here now he would be so proud of me - for this moment was 24 years in the making!) It just makes you (and me) difficult to be around.
Now I am going to admit something embarrassing. I have in the past been the person who pushes everyone away with their whining, complaining, moaning, groaning, feeling sorry for myself, having my feelings hurt easily etc., and then wondered why I was so lonely. Oh, it looks even worse in writing than I thought. Well I can't sugar coat it. It is what it is, and I was what I was. I am now going to take solace in the fact that I am ever moving onward and upward away from the person that was all those things. I am a changed woman!
So from here on out on you can count on me. If something bothers me so much that I am becoming crazed I will do something about it instead of taking it out on those around me. If I am too lazy, scared, discouraged etc. to take action then I will simply get over it post haste. I love growing up, I love my life, I love my family, I love my new atittude, and I love my dad for drilling little sayings such as "Please - fill in the blank - and do it with a cheerful heart.".
So if you see me around town chanting under my breath you know what I'm doing! Stay out of my way until I "get over it":)


I do it for all my loves!