Sunday, April 10, 2005
"Today is a good day"
"How's it going?"
I found myself doing the same thing more often than not.
I don't remember when but one day I realized that I was tired of the life I was leading myself into. Part of it was probably related to hearing the Dave Ramsey radio program. When asked by a caller how he was doing he answered "Better than I deserve." He thought about the answer
So I decided to answer with thought.
I thought about the negativity in most answers and decided to be positive. I started out by thinking about the crappy stuff that was making my life less than it should have been.
I found that my life was pretty good. I have an awesome family. A job I love. Friends. Leisure time. Hobbies. I had a good life. The things in my days that were negative were fleeting. After some light research, I found that amongst time with family, time working, time sleeping, and general crappyness, most of my day was good. Very little was that bad. Okay; so most days are good days.
Then I came up with an internal scale of days. A great day on my scale is a day that has a child's birth. Another great day was my wife accepting my marriage proposal. The terrible day on my scale is the death of my sister. I know days can get worse, but that's my current scale.
Most days on that scale are pretty good. I have a good life filled with good days.
So now, when people ask me how I am doing or a related question, I stop and think about the day so far. I think about the my expectations for the rest of the day. I think about my scale. And I answer, "Today is a good day."
It's amazing how many people stop after hearing that response. Then they as me why. It's easy to find something that made today good. Some days it may be that I woke up alive again. I have days like that too.
I've been doing this for a few months now. And I am hearing other people say it now. And I am seeing people smile when they say it; when they hear it.
The real point is that I am reminded by me own response every time I say it.
Today is a good day.
"It's Monday.For years I heard people answer the above question with the above answers or not even pay attention to the question and answer with an "OK" in passing. Sometimes people would answer as if I had asked, "How you doin'?" That told me that they didn't care enough to hear the question.
"Thank God it's Friday."
"At least it's payday"
I found myself doing the same thing more often than not.
I don't remember when but one day I realized that I was tired of the life I was leading myself into. Part of it was probably related to hearing the Dave Ramsey radio program. When asked by a caller how he was doing he answered "Better than I deserve." He thought about the answer
So I decided to answer with thought.
I thought about the negativity in most answers and decided to be positive. I started out by thinking about the crappy stuff that was making my life less than it should have been.
I found that my life was pretty good. I have an awesome family. A job I love. Friends. Leisure time. Hobbies. I had a good life. The things in my days that were negative were fleeting. After some light research, I found that amongst time with family, time working, time sleeping, and general crappyness, most of my day was good. Very little was that bad. Okay; so most days are good days.
Then I came up with an internal scale of days. A great day on my scale is a day that has a child's birth. Another great day was my wife accepting my marriage proposal. The terrible day on my scale is the death of my sister. I know days can get worse, but that's my current scale.
Most days on that scale are pretty good. I have a good life filled with good days.
So now, when people ask me how I am doing or a related question, I stop and think about the day so far. I think about the my expectations for the rest of the day. I think about my scale. And I answer, "Today is a good day."
It's amazing how many people stop after hearing that response. Then they as me why. It's easy to find something that made today good. Some days it may be that I woke up alive again. I have days like that too.
I've been doing this for a few months now. And I am hearing other people say it now. And I am seeing people smile when they say it; when they hear it.
The real point is that I am reminded by me own response every time I say it.
Today is a good day.
Comments:
I have three standard answers... just peachy :o)...Fair to medium :) and dont ask :|
I can definately identify with what you talk about though.
I can definately identify with what you talk about though.
I ask "how are you?" to the people i care of (and sometimes i forget to ask ;) )
When someone ask me i have some answers
Good, not fine, that could be worst, like a sh***
Depends who/when/how but always answer honestly.
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When someone ask me i have some answers
Good, not fine, that could be worst, like a sh***
Depends who/when/how but always answer honestly.
