happy ending

Haul out the kleenex. . .as if we needed another testimony to the loyalty and love of dogs. 

should never successful busy nice?

I was reading the January/February issue of Body + Soul magazine this week and there is an article about swapping out low-energy and negative sounding words for more positive and uplifting ones.  The suggestion was to eliminate subtle negative words such as: 

                       should            

                                                     never

                                                                                    busy

                                     nice

                                                               successful

• should- a hollow word that serves to heighten ones insecurity
  
• nice- the word nice is like extra bulk in our verbal artillery. . .(amen!)
• successful- can serve as a subtle form of self-criticism. . .(hmmm, hadn't thought about that one)
• never- any term that implies an absolute statement may be right for the wrong reasons and wrong for the right ones. 
• busy- has almost become a status thing, a contest to see who is busier than whom. It's amazing how much time frees up when there is something you REALLY want to do. 

So from now on. . . I will always make time for kind, talented and available people like me!

Think about it. . .