A Funny Thing Happened to Me Today.....

     This morning when I got up, I realized I didn't have any bread to make my sandwich for lunch....Well, ok. I already knew I didn't have bread. I was just too lazy to stop by the store on my way home yesterday. (and the day before)  Anyway, I went to a fast food restaurant.   I decided to get a small burger, fry and a sweet tea. I got down the road and the sandwich was hot but didn't have any taste, the fries were hot, but bland and kinda hard. And, get this all you southern folks...THE ICED TEA WAS NOT SWEET. I could kinda deal with the blandness of the food because to be honest, I really didn't have a taste for it anyway. But, the tea was a deal breaker. UNACCEPTABLE.  I realized that I had gotten unsweet tea by mistake. I hadn't driven far and I literally said out loud to myself..."Now, this whole meal CAN'T be bad. I gotta change something!" I turned around, drove back to the restaurant and poured the unsweet out and got the sweet tea. When I got back in the car, I decided to put a little salt on my fries and on my burger. As I was doing all these things, it was as if my actions were "speaking" to me. I was like...wow. I started eating again and, my meal was MUCH improved. The salt bought out the flavor of the food and the tea was now sweet. It was like that whole meal had "come to life".
     Life can be hard. Sometimes we are dealt some hard blows. We get "unsweet tea" by mistake.  We make a bad decision. As a result, life can seem bland and bitter and we can end up being hard from it all. We're living, warm blooded creatures..but, inside we could just be "blah". And, somehow, we just accept the "blah". But, it doesn't have to stay that way. That's good news! We can make it better! What's that "deal breaker" that will make you turn around and say "Somethings got to change!"  What is that unacceptable thing that you know you need to change?  It starts with a decision and changing our perception of how we see where we are, what we are going through or have been through. We must decide to make some positive decisions that will change our lives for the better and make a conscious decision not to stay in the "pit". The fact that I changed a tasteless burger and fries to a good lunch with a small pack of salt and the fact that I decided to turn around and get the sweet tea instead of deciding to keep the unsweet tea spoke volumes. Just doing those small things bought about a positive change.
    I know, you're thinking..."How she get all that out of a burger?" My answer to you would be.. ."Read the title of my blog again...I did say A funny thing happened to me today".
     Back to my story. :)
     What started out as bland and hard didn't stay that way. It doesn't matter how long you've been in a pit! If you're breathing, a change is a decision away!  I encourage you to get a pack of salt. Meaning, give your life flavor.  If you feel stuck and in a rut, depressed, down, go be a blessing to someone else.  Be thankful.  Begin a hobby. What is it you like to do? Find out the things that make you happy and DO THEM! I give you permission! (As long as they are positive and healthy) Pour out the negative thoughts, bitterness and hardness of life and put in the sweet things. Choose to smile more, love more and above all things, forgive. Let go of every weight. It's not worth it because, you're meant to soar and you can't do that weighted down!  You were meant to FLYYYYYYYY.  ( I see you lighter already!)  Life is too short to accept the bland in life when only a decision to turn, add a little salt, replace the unsweet with sweet can make it better...
     You can't see me right now. But, trust me. I'm smiling.