Monday Morning Motivator-ROLLING AROUND IN LOVE

ROLLING AROUND IN LOVE...

It seems like there's a lot of hate out there...floating around, looking for a place to land. What we're vehemently against has, for the moment, won the day over what we're passionately for. And the hate can land just about anywhere - on a country, a company, a government, an idea...a person. It's absolutely debilitating. No wonder we're exhausted, overwhelmed, stressed out and well, just plain negative. Hate is in the air. I overheard a woman speaking to her husband on the street the other day, saying, "I absolutely hate this cold weather. I hate the wind, I hate wearing all these layers of clothes, I hate how awful my hair looks and I hate wearing boots all the time." Her little girl (probably about 5) chirped back, "I aba-soutly hate all that, too!" Guess you're never too young to start hating stuff. When I was little, "hate" was one of those words you could get your mouth washed out with soap for saying... Ah, the good old days. But look, can we, just for a minute, get back in touch with what we love? Little stuff, big stuff, it doesn't matter. I love the smell of garlic sauteing on a wintry night. I love Elton John singing "Tiny Dancer." I love flying home to NYC, seeing the Chrysler Building and landing at La Guardia. I love the sound of our daughters' laughing with total abandon. I love the Lincoln Memorial in DC and the statue of Alice in Wonderland in Central Park. I love our Golden Retriever, Willa and how she always assumes the best. I love people who love wholeheartedly, without judging, or weighing the "rightness" of their emotions. I could go on... But what about you? What do you love? Write it down so you don't forget. Get it all over you. That's what Willa does. When she finds something she loves - a good, scratchy rug, a patch of new snow - she flops down and rolls around in it. She always gets up smiling. Maybe we should try that. If we roll around in love, there won't be any room for hate. Imagine the energy, optimism and creativity we'll generate! Will we get back up smiling? "Aba-soutly." Don't make me get out that bar of soap...

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