All through my life I’ve had friends who are…shall we say…negative. I’m not saying that I’m all smiles and roses, but these people are extreme. For example, we’d be talking about an up-coming party or high school dance and the negative person would predict that it was going to suck and she wouldn’t have a good time.
Well…duh. If you go in with that attitude, of course it’s going to suck and of course you’re not going to have a good time. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. Hmm. I suppose when they get old, they won’t be plagued with laugh lines…
My problem, though, is a bit different. I know when I finally get to the place, I’ll have a great time…it’s just getting myself motivated to GO that takes me a bit. I’m somewhat of a homebody – the total opposite of the social butterfly that I was in High School and College. So if I have an upcoming event – say a twin mom’s meeting – I have to really push myself to get out the door. My lazy butt would much rather – at that point in time – sit on the couch and read or watch TV in comfy clothes. As soon as I walk into the meeting though, I have a great time (creating lots of those laugh lines) – as I knew I would. So it’s worth getting up and going…and I know it is…I just wish it wasn’t always the internal struggle that it is.
Hmmm. Now that I’m thinking about it, I feel bad for women with no laugh lines. I’m fairly sure that mine indicate I’ve had a pretty good life so far.
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