I really need to share this with all of you.  Last night, I was in the grocery store, and I was NOT happy about it.  It was late, and I had been ready for bed when I realized that there was not enough milk for morning.  Plus, I wanted nothing more than to go upstairs and watch Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals.  But I’m a mum, and so I did what I had to do, which was getting dressed and driving to the store.

The Bruins scored a goal on my way to the store, so my mood had improved somewhat, but yeah, i was still quite cranky.  I was going through the self scan checkout when a gentleman went into the next checkout and I heard the cashier ask “How are you tonight?”  Her question was typical, his response,  was not only untypical, it rocked me to my very core.  “I’m excellent!” he replied.  “And why not, because the alternative isn’t worth it!”

The alternative isn’t worth it…..being unexcellent, being in a bad mood, being miserable and unhappy.  It…just…isn’t….worth….it.  Talk about a wake up call, and a swift boot in the pants all at once.  Why was I wasting my time being cranky and miserable because I had to get milk.  There was no point.  I had the money to buy the milk, I had a car to go GET the milk, there was a place to go get the milk, and it was opened.  Why be cranky about it?

So thank you to the super nice man who gave me the epiphany in the grocery store and reminding me that even if I do talk the talk, I have to walk the walk, too.

Tags: being happy, choices, grocery store, positive thinking
Filed under: Being Grateful, Choices, Happiness, Negativity