October 22nd, 2009 | 11 comments | Unfiltered

It’s crazy to me how one interaction can make or break the rest of your day. I saw a lady running to the bus this morning. Her and the bus driver had a moment before he stopped and opened the door. He made her day by stopping. If he hadn’t stopped, no matter that there was another 134 directly behind that bus, her day could have been ruined. From there on out, nothing would go as well as it could have if that driver had stopped.

I catch myself getting caught up in the little interactions that could ruin my day. Sometimes I fall into the trap and get all worked up, and I’m cranky for a bit. Usually I see the positive in the situation (“oh, no worries, there’s a 134 RIGHT BEHIND this bus”). And the rest of the time, I just try to shake it off.

See, life’s too short (I think) for me to be getting all bummed out in those moments.

For me, I try to focus on the positive. Obviously we all have our moments – but I try to keep the smile on and look at the bright side of things.

For me, it’s the little things.

It’s little things like when you’re sitting at your desk trying to figure out how the hell you’re going to get everything on your to-do list done and someone pops in to say hello. In a world where I sit at my desk for hours and hours and hours behind the computer screen, emailing, DM’ing and tweeting all day – it’s nice to have that face-to-face, no matter how long or short it may be.

This has been a crazy month at work – for everyone. We’ve got so much going on and it’s really easy to get negative about it. The way I see it? At least I’m here. I could be still searching for a job. I could be one of the people who worked for a company that had to make cuts. Instead – I’ve got a full list of things to do, every day. I’ll take it.

Life is what you make it, so make it good.

What do you do in that one split-second? Do you get negative or do you seek the silver lining?