Smile!

 Today, according to my west coast brother, is the "Great American Grump Out."  This is a day set aside to focus on humor and positive behaviors.  It's a time to stop complaining, embrace joy, share laughter, tell jokes and spread smiles.  As it happens it was exactly that kind of day for me.  

I am positively happy that my brakes worked and I didn't collide with the big pickup truck that ran a red light right in front of me as I was driving down town. 

I was able to share a delicious lunch with a group of employees at my church.  Our committee sponsored an appreciation lunch for them, which they seemed to enjoy very much.  The laughter came when one of the men at the table was telling us how his 4 year old grandson has become a little confused and thinks that dead people are buried in landfills.  Then everyone at the table shared pictures of their really cute dogs, always smile inducing.

This evening my spouse, who is never grumpy, and I watched a program on NOVA which went to great lengths to simulate a five car and one semi collision to see if the dummy passengers survived.  It was a spectacular crash.  Detailed results will be explained next week. As I watched the program I was even more happy that I avoided the truck that ran the red light.  It would not have been a happy event. 

All in all a very successful non-grumpy day.