Sunny-Side-Up

Tiffany over at The R Family Diaries is hosting an optimism contest today, so I've been twiddling ideas in my head all week, looking for things that might be humorously (or cynically, if you will) optimistic. What I finally posted about isn't really funny and is a little sappy, which isn't my usual thing.

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My husband grew up "mayonnaise sandwich for dinner" poor - sometimes without the bread, and that's only if you got to it before the jar was empty.

Optimism was never part of his vocabulary. His high school "counselor" even told him not to worry about college, that "it just isn't for you" when Hubby inquired about applications. (Yes I am serious!). That was pretty much my husband's attitude - he just wasn't good enough to do what he wanted to do, so he settled for a "no brains required" existence.
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At the end of '07, he lost his miserable job (he hated it there, but it paid all our bills). Scary, yes - but it was just the kick in the groin he needed. He left that crappy place he hated and marched straight over (okay, he meandered over, nervous and insecure all the way down to his tippie toes) to the nearest college and signed up for classes. The first couple quarters were rough - heck, they were so awful he ended up changing his major. But he had finally FINALLY figured out the key: he was the only person putting limits on his life! So he kept at it. This summer, he will graduate in a field he loves. Oh, the power of Positive thinking!
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This story is one that I felt suited the message Fishful Thinking is putting across. It doesn't matter who you are or where you're going, a sunny-side-up attitude will help you get there

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