Let's not take a trip to negative town..

Cursed, I'm the absent minded professor. Let's review..cat card? replaced over 15 times. Dorm room key? Gone for the entire second semester (Yes my room was unlocked..) Gold's Gym pass? Lost every other morning. THIS MORNING...my bank card. I pretty much ended up destroying my meticulous retreat in a frenzy to find it. Retrace my steps..retrace my steps..Guerneville, China Town, San Francisco, Los Angeles, various airports, Grand Canyon, Flagstaff, Gold's, Ulta, Bashas..It's amazing what places you will look when an important thing is missing. Every jean pocket was turned, every purse was emptied (thankfully recently organized and cleaned..) suitcase liners, laundry basket, washer, dryer, couch cushions, three cars, are you tired of my list yet? I was exasperated. As I stripped all my bedding off and shook each thing out..my hands rested on my hips as I stared over my linen pile..totally pointless. I watched the clock tick to 9:30..goodbye spinning. Officially awake at 7 am for no real reason except to look through my house and ransack my bedroom.

After talking to Wells Fargo and double checking my online banking, I gave all the cars one last run through...sure enough behind my driver's seat..the little silver card sparkled. Why is it..you can look some place..and then 15 minutes later when you've given up..there it is?

I was definitely frustrated. It was one of those easily avoidable situations you kick yourself for. I don't understand how I can be so neat and organized..but constantly misplacing my everyday essentials like the gym pass. I tried not to get too flustered, but I just felt irritated by the whole stress of searching for it, calling the bank, worrying about it that by the time I stepped into the gym..I couldn't focus enough on my work out. Sure enough, by going to my tried and true tension release after weights, the hill session on the tread mill balanced me out. Nothing like endorphins to put a bounce in your step.

So anyway, it got me thinking--the theme of my return home has been positivity. I really believe in laws of attraction--you get back from the universe what you put out. I know that most of the time, many situations are beyond our control, but what is in our control is our attitude. I haven't mastered this "perfect positive attitude" 24/7 yet (as this morning reiterated)..but it's something I'm aware of and making a conscious effort to improve. I don't know if anyone is calm and calculated all the time..but I'd like to be as close to that as possible..if it's possible.

“There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative.”

“When we create something, we always create it first in a thought form. If we are basically positive in attitude, expecting and envisioning pleasure, satisfaction and happiness, we will attract and create people, situations, and events which conform to our positive expectations.”

“A positive attitude may not solve every problem but it makes solving any problem a more pleasant experience.”

Unrelated.. YOUR (POSSESSIVE) and YOU'RE (YOU ARE) simple..simple..simple.