Run the Dishwasher Twice - Episode 71 - Dr. Seuss Advice with your host, Debbie Lannen. Bad things happen and Dr. Seuss thinks we have 3 choices. Will you make the right one for you? And what about if something good happens? We have 3 choices there as well. Will we make the right choice? Good and bad things will happen to us every day. It is important to make the right choice. 

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Transcript: Hi everyone and welcome to Run the Dishwasher Twice, thoughts to help you have a more positive outlook. My name is Debbie Lannen and I will be your host. Now just reminder. I'm not a counselor or a therapist. I'm just like you trying to be happy in this crazy world we live in. Today I would like to bring up a book that I saw written by  Dr. Seuss. Now how many of us grew up reading all of the Dr. Seuss books? I know I did and I loved them and then when my son was born we read them to him and on and on. So anyway, I saw this quote today and I thought I would share it with you. It says, "When something bad happens you have three choices. You can either let it define you, let it destroy you, or you can let it strengthen you." Now of course all of us would want to choose to strengthen ourselves when something bad happens. Now on the other hand what if something good happens? Well I came up with three things if something good happens to you. You do have choices. Again you can enjoy it, you can ignore it, or you can share it! You have to think about what caused that bad thing to happen to you. Maybe something you ignored or was it something that you forgot to do. So if you figure out what caused it, you can keep it from happening again and that's where you get your strength. It isn't that you could go back and change what happened, it's that you now have the strength to not let that bad thing happen to you again. You change how you react to it. The same thing if a good thing happens. If someday you just have all kinds of good luck, sit down and think. Why was it? Maybe the way I reacted to the people around me and so that gave me a better feeling and then people were more positive towards me. So, good things and bad things are always going to happen to us. I think the important thing  is to focus on strengthening ourselves and looking for the positive and that will help us have a happier life. So that's my thought for today. Just a few minutes to bring you an idea maybe you hadn't thought about, so again thank you for listening and I hope you will continue to follow Run the Dishwasher Twice. I will be here on Tuesdays and Saturdays. I hope you have a wonderful day and remember, Run the Dishwasher Twice, why not!