I used to tell my daughters they could adjust their attitudes automatically or I could do it manually for them. Having a positive attitude attracts people with positive attitudes and your world gets a whole lot better for it. That’s not to say you won’t have the occasional grump who tries to dim your shine, but maybe your positive attitude will turn that person’s day right around. Or, maybe you’ll just piss him off ’cause you’re just too darned sparkly. Whatever the case may be, there’s always an upbeat, positive spin that can be put on almost anything.

Losing Mr. Virgo was a tragedy. He was such a wonderful man, my best friend, my partner in crime. I thought I would have him for many, many years but that wasn’t to be. I grieved hard for what seemed an eternity. I couldn’t see that my life would ever be happy and carefree again now that I had tasted the sting of death. I could have stayed there…sad, lonely, lost. It would have been so easy to just curl up and wait to go with him. But that’s not my modus operandi. I needed to look for the silver lining because nothing would ever change the circumstance. I had to adjust my attitude. I don’t know. Maybe two divorces prepared me to know I could live again after heartbreak. Maybe I am just a heck of a lot stronger than I ever gave myself credit for. All I know is, it was not me who died. Here’s this great big juicy world out there, ripe for the picking and I’m going after every drop!

We all have dreams. Sometimes we have to adjust them.

So sayeth Pollyanna!