Don't Mess with Mr. In Between!

One of my favorite songs from yesteryear is Johnny Mercer's Accentuate the Positive.  Here are the lyrics (you'll be singing along if you know the tune!):


"You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
And latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between

You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium's
Liable to walk upon the scene"


I have thought so much about this song and this message lately, because i know for my self, in my life, the more positive i am, the better things are.  and in equal measure, the more negative i am, the worse things get.  it never seems to fail.  people have even written super successful books about this ('The Power of Positive Thinking' or 'The Secret' to name but a few.)  


I had a wonderful lunch with one of my greatest friends today.  it was a freeing couple of hours that was much needed in my life.  it made me remember that i needed to lift my chin to the sky and stop slumping in my proverbial chair.  I am not usually prone to negativity, so when it hits, i notice.  and i try to take immediate action.  so, when i woke up in a grump today, i knew i needed something.  needless to say, the lunch snapped me right out of it, and i went on my merry way!  thanks, K!


on the way home from that lunch, i listened to the beatles singing, "ob-la-di, ob-la-da" and you know what- life does go on.  and how much nicer is it to go on with a positive outlook and a joyous face up to the sun!  i am not preaching, but i do like to share these thoughts, because it is so much nicer to exist in a happy world where good things happen, then in the gloom and doom of a grey every day.  


it's not always easy, but try it with me- accentuate the positive!  eliminate the negative!  latch on to the affirmative!  And Don't mess with Mr. In-Between!