It's good to greet the morning. Each morning, I like to bow and coo to my food dish, my water dish, and the bird in the mirror. Then I jump from my cage to the window sill where I spend a lot of time greeting the thermometer. It's great exercise, bowing and cooing. And each coo means the name of a soul I love. Each time I speak the name of a soul I love, it is because I want God to bless them. So it's a prayer, too. Now I have a great attitude and I'm ready to start the day!!I really am a lucky dove. I have my own large cage and the door is always open so I can hop onto my wide windowsill and watch those birds in the cold water birdbath. I much prefer my baths in the kitchen window in a nice soup bowl.
I have a big perch attached to the ceiling. Well, it really has five big blade perches. I jump from one to another. It's my favorite place to get high. I'm an only bird. I have two dogs who got well-behaved once they figured out who was in charge. Life is really good.
Of course, I could moan a little about how I don't have a boyfriend, I never get to fly free outside, and it's noisy sometimes when I try to sleep. But why would I have an attitude like that? I can't figure out why looking at the stuff that makes you unhappy is a good thing. Can't do nothing about it, no sense getting worked up over nothing. Look at all the good stuff in my life!
It's all we can change, you know. Our own attitude.
Unhappy with your mate? Well, your not going to change him. You've tried, haven't you? Try changing your attitude. Does he drop his socks in the living room and leave them? Have you screamed and yelled and scolded and still no result? Why not just pick them up yourself? Be glad he has feet. It's easier to change your attitude than waste all that anger energy. (Oh, and OF COURSE he should pick up his socks. That's rude. But you need to pick your battles and this hardly seems worth it.)
Just remember, life is not about what happens to us. It's about how we handle it.
