Lemonade vs. Hot Chocolate

This week is spring break for many across the country including where we live in Alabama. It’s typically warm and sunny here this time of year. Unfortunately that’s not the case this year. We’ve had a very cold March and this last week was no exception.  We have not yet been able to trade in our winter gear for our more desired choices of shorts, t-shirts and flip-flops. Our pasty skin is even crying for the sun to come out. Right now, we’re singing endless winter nights instead of endless summer nights.

So what do you do when the winter seems endless? Or better yet, what do you do when you feel like nothing will ever change where you work?

One thing we do know is that the weather is always changing and, hey, you might have noticed that those forecasts aren’t always very accurate, so for all I know it could be 80 degrees tomorrow instead of the forecasted 45 (this is very wishful thinking on my part). Maybe the extended forecast where you work is looking a little bleak too, but does that necessarily have to be the case? Thankfully as humans we have a great power: the power of choice. I don’t mean that we get to choose what necessarily happens to us, but we always get to choose how we react to it. I can’t choose for it to be my desired 80 degrees tomorrow, but I can choose to have a positive attitude and make the most of it. So instead of lemonade, I drink hot chocolate. That’s not so bad, right?

Not many of us have ideal work situations, but when we choose to highlight the positive we can make that forecast a little bit sunnier. We may not be able to change the weather forecast, but we can at the very least change our attitudes.

So bring on the hot chocolate!

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