Don't be the one to turn lemonade into lemons!

With all the rain we've been having the past few days, I'm reminded of an incident that serves as a perfect example of how we all get caught up in the negative side of things--even unimportant little "happenings".

Any time I park in a parking lot, I leave a few empty spots so that I am a few steps farther from the door. You see, I LOVE ice cream and chocolate but I DON'T love having to buy larger clothes, so this is one of the ways I can offset my intake. I parked that way at our office building one day last fall. As I got out and walked the 40 feet to the door, a gentleman who works in another office of our building was entering at the same time. He said, "You couldn't have parked much farther from the door, could you?" So I responded, "Well, I love ice cream and this way I can eat more". I thought I'd get a laugh from that.

But no. He couldn't give up that easily! His response was, "Well, you'll probably be sorry later when it rains!". I couldn't believe it. As far as I know, I don't melt when I get wet, so I was still happy with my decision. But I didn't say anthing else, because I really didn't want to know how far he would go to cast a negative light on my fitness trick. I din't want his negative attitude to impace my positive one.

Over the next few days, listen to yourself. See if you catch yourself trying to turn others' lemonade back into lemons. If you are, go back to the lemonade--and don't let anyone replace YOUR positive thoughts with negative ones either!