[Aarcyn]

Things I Love Thursday

When in doubt, it is always recommended to err on the side of positive thinking. When I was little, I watched Peter Pan (who was played by a petite blond woman in the production) and when she asked the audience to think happy thoughts to revive Tinkerbell, I was one of the children who loved that idea. I knew it was a television movie, it was the idea that charmed my childhood.

We adopted a new kitten into our house. Meko. She is a Siamese. She was quarantined until checked by the vet and my two shelter cats welcomed her with not one hiss or incident. Meko loves DH and he feels the same way. It is so endearing to have him interrupt my attention elsewhere and direct it to Meko sleeping sweetly inside his robe, looking like a Joey inside a kangaroo pouch.

DD will be home soon and she is planning to make dinner for us while DH is gone at work for the day. She has a health recipe magazine and her cooking tastes good and the meals are good for me.

DS called last night very excited. As so many of you know, he is...well...a different drummer. I was thinking back to when he was just a baby and learning to talk. His first word was "dut." It was a word, I just did not know what it meant. He would be so frustrated to the point of tears saying "dut." I told him I knew he was talking but I did not know what "dut" meant. One day when I was giving him apple juice in his sippy cup, he looked me right into the eyes, held the cup and said, "dut." It was a moment of great clarity for me. A moment in time I will never forget.

Anyway, back away from my tangent! He called last night very excited. The record for viewing his blog in one day was 2,300. He wrote an article and it was picked up by a few other internet sites, even "The Guardian" in the UK. He had 20,000 hits in ONE DAY. I don't pretend to understand just what impact that makes but I know it was a really good thing from the sound of his voice.

So, here is the challenge. I understand a lot of negative happens but TILT is for a mental exercise of positive thought. Did something happen to you that was good this week? If you share it, you might bring a smile into someone else's life. It certainly makes a difference in mine when I think of all the times in my life when I had a smile on my face.

It can just be sitting in the sun, seeing a bird, a beautiful sunset. Can you TILT?

Plus one more thing...Sally is a nudge.