life is good

I have three t-shirts from the life is good company and I LOVE them. My favorite is my yellow "walk on" short-sleeved shirt. The little guy is walking on the globe.

Anyway, the deep thought that shall begin this week: if you keep telling yourself that life is good--and wearing shirts that tell others that you think life is good--life really is good. Shit. I don't want to get all "woo woo," as Julie would say, but I'm really beginning to understand the value of surrounding myself only with happy, funny people who appreciate how goshdarn funny I am. Ha! The thing that this culture doesn't allow is self-praise--it's immediately translated to narcissism. While talking with Treasured Life Director the other day, we got around to talking about this very thing: about how the people you surround yourself with really have an effect on your mood and your emotions. Happy that I have happy funny people in my life who get what I think is funny.

The point of all this: It's July and I'm still keeping my 2005 New Year's resolution to be thankful for what I have instead of wanting what I don't. Is there somewhere an award for a resolution kept this long?