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I came upon Positive Atmosphere recently when I googled "Positive People". Where are all these positive people you speak about? It's the one thing that I can't judge myself on. To ask myself on a scale of 1 -10, how positive I am - nothing. So, I want to change that. Positive is positive. I'm missing some information.

What is positive? Anything over 0. The opposite of negative. Seriously, just looking at the word, confuses me. I want to be positive, so what do I think, say, do!!!!

Then I read this........

“Positive words have tremendous power to make us more positive in life, to see a bright side in any negative situation and to inspire us to handle difficult situations. It also suggested that you can use positive words in several aspects of your life.”

So now its a little clearer. I cannot simply be a positive person. I need to consider all areas of my life and see which area needs work. (outlook on life, attitude towards life, values, health and wellness, relationships and workplace). I need some positive words to work with.

This sounds like a lot of work but I've already got some good advise here today and I'll just break it down and go step by step.

So, that's my starting point. In response to something I write, you may say, "That's got nothing to do with positivity." I will try to stay focused and relative but hey, if i don't, hopefully you will be able to say, "Well, at least she is positively messed up!"

I was driving to work the other day and just covering the last few kilometers when a woman crossed over into my lane and hit me. It happened quick, oh, smack, bounce, bounce, curb, bounce back and stop. I was calm. There was a time in the past when I may have reacted differently.

So I'm just sitting there waiting for her to get out of her car. After all, she hit me. The several moments I waited did seem like a long time though. We say, "Are you OK?" - several times to each other. What else do you say? Then she says, "OK, well since you're ok, see ya!" So I say, "I'm ok but I'm not sure if my car is so why don't you give me your insurance information and then we'll be on our way." So I drive away and my car seems to be OK but I know I need to get it checked out by the mechanic. Within two days, one tire is flat. I believe it is as a result of the collision with the curb. I get the spare out - there is no jack in there. Who knew? A co-worker joins me and brings his jack. It's not a very good jack. I loosen the lug nuts and we proceed to jack the car. I'm just removing the wheel when the jack falls over. Then we start over with the jack reversed from the original position. Strange jack. Car goes up. Donut goes on. Away I go. I have somewhere I need to be.

Was this my positive reaction to a negative situation? So when it comes to car accidents, I am a positive person. Mmmmm..... what category does that go under? How about attitude towards life?