Wealth and happiness are constant companions. It’s hard not to say that one follows the other, even if I know better. Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time with my mother who broke a leg. Stories abound about breaking a leg and what that means. Those stories do not speak of attitude and its influence,
My mother inherited a positive attitude. That attitude shone like a star during her time of recovery.  She didn’t resist getting better by bemoaning her difficulties. She took what encouragement others wanted to give and let it guide her back to a remarkable recovery.
I have an inheritance – my mother’s positive attitude. She credits inheriting it from her parents. She has passed this legacy on to me and my siblings. As I see my daughter going on her daily way, I suddenly see it. Her inheritance from me. Her positive attitude as she takes on her new life challenges. Over our family’s many generations, this legacy continues. How do others view their family legacies of living? It’s hard to see it through another lens so I can’t tell how malleable this aspect of my life could be. I do know that when I speak negative, it is a devolving path for my approach to living.
Moving past hard times emotionally takes some level of positive engagement to change. One that helped me (oddly enough) was joining a Facebook hiking group. It is for women only – a safe place to broach topics. It does not tolerate negative feedback, criticism or name calling. This small digital haven helped me renew my views and attitude. Work had been devolving my demeanor for some time and I needed that haven to heal up. To see other possibilities going forward. It took about a year to reclaim my natural positive attitude. And now I see a world of possibilities before me.