Sunny Side Up!

Are you feeling scrambled today? Does your brain feel fried? Take a deep breath, turn down the heat, and simmer in some encouragement today!

Be determined to keep your sunny side up! After all, your attitude is your choice. Circumstances come and go, and you have the power to decide how you act and react to those circumstances. Other people may try to push their agendas on you, but ultimately, you choose.

Consider this quote by the legendary entertainer, Sid Caesar:

“There’s a now, a was, and a gonna be. Now is now, and after now is a was. And what comes after the was is a gonna be. It hasn’t happened yet. It’s gonna happen as soon as the now is over. But if you have a good now, you’re bound to have a good was and a good gonna be. But after the bad now comes a bad was. But if you have a bad now and dwell on it, you’re going to have a bad gonna be and you’re going to have a bad cycle. If you learn from the bad was, you can turn the bad gonna be into a good gonna be. The only way you can change the cycle is after the was. If you carry the bad wases around with you, they get heavy and become should’a could’as – I should’a done this, I could’a done that. If you learn from the was, you’ll have a great now; you won’t repeat the same mistakes. It will bring you to a good now, which changes the cycle to a good was, and a good gonna be. You need to learn from the wases. It’s all about changing your attitude.”

You can do this. I believe in you. Approach each day with a child-like faith. Keep in mind these words spoken by Christopher Robin to Winnie-the-Pooh: “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.”

Today, choose to focus on the good. Appreciate what you learned from your past and leave any heavy load of regret behind. Trust goodness, reject negativity, act in love. Accept the pure gift of God’s grace that He freely gives every day.

A big thank you to Keith for the Sid Caesar quote. Keith’s blog, “Various Ramblings of a Nostalgic Italian,” is a fun and inspiring read full of music, family, and pop culture memories. Check it out here!

“I promise you that you cannot get into God’s kingdom, unless you accept it the way a child does.” Mark 10:15

“Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.” Psalm 23:6

“You will tell his people how to find salvation through forgiveness of their sins. Because of God’s tender mercy, the morning light from heaven is about to break upon us, to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, and to guide us to the path of peace.” Luke 1:77-79