wake up happy

friday.1.october.2021

reflection section

wake up happy

For those of you with dogs, you know how happy they are. Dogs have great dispositions. Their tails wag - a LOT. They are ready when we are with the toy or ball. They'll hop on the leash to walk with us faster than we can get it harnessed. They offer licks to our faces and gently place their paws on our laps. They'll nudge their cold wet noses under our hands and arms to get in additional petting.

Dogs are such happy creatures!

My little furball, Lupini Martino, wakes up SO happy every morning, he inspires me to feel happy, too. His fuzzy little squirrel tail cannot wag to and fro fast enough as we play on the floor before heading downstairs for coffee. (He likes his with half 'n half.) He rolls over, ready for me to say, "That's a good belly!" as I rub it furiously. He chases my hands tapping on the floor, he wiggles his tiny body crazily, and he is delighted to see everyone up and moving around.

Lupini wakes up happy. Every day. With love in his heart. Nothing stops him. What's stopping us?

We should - and can - wake up similarly - with enthusiasm for the day! Happy to be alive. Happy to move around. Happy to get the day going. Happy to greet our people.

Every day may not be good, but there is something good in every day - and ONE of them is waking up.

Let's wake up happy.

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snippeteer backtalk

replies to last week's issue:

stop. reset.

"This topic hit home this week as the other day I had a very difficult conversation with a very irrational parent of one of my students. At the end, I even told the parent that the conversation wasn’t going anywhere. I got off the phone and I was shaking, it was such an emotional conversation with the parent attacking me. The 'reset' is a great idea. (However, in this case, it needed to be with the administration.)"

~ Paula in Pennsylvania

"I find it much healthier to never argue with drunks, children or anyone who thinks like they do. Arguing with them is never productive!!"

~ joanne in new york

"Love it!! Thanks for your honesty and transparency. It is so easy for 'discussions' to go off the rail, particularly with to whom we are closest. We do not always give them the same latitude as those with whom we are not as comfortable. I love the approach of reset and re-engage!! Essentially a 'do over' to improve our interactions and learn from our mistakes in real time. Happy Autumn - time to turn over a new leaf!!"

~ Hugs, Sandy in Maryland

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