Room Temperature

Don’t you find it funny that the same room temperature that makes a milkshake melt also makes your hamburger too cold to enjoy? I was thinking about this last night as I was delayed in eating my dinner due to an important phone call, and everything, whether it was hot or cold, was not quite what I was hoping for after it had sat waiting for just a few extra minutes. How can my food that was perfectly wonderful to begin with be so affected by the temperature surrounding it that I did not enjoy it half as much as I wanted to enjoy it?

And then there is the whole argument about bananas and other foods that are perfectly normal when they sit in the cabinet for days and weeks. You don’t have to heat up or cool down a banana in order for it to be enjoyable. The room temperature doesn’t destroy or even phase it really. Now, extreme situations would still cause a problem but the everyday environment doesn’t.

Come along with me now as I make this apply to the power of personal attitude. We are all in this same world, or room temperature if you will, and yet some people are thriving in this environment and others aren’t. Some people are happy, and some people are gloom and doomy. Some people take what happens to them and use that event to allow them to progress, while others allow situations to spoil them. Some people allow every moment to dictate their emotions and others take action to overcome their weaknesses. Some people freak out over every little thing and others let it roll right off their shoulders. Some people are like bananas and others like an ever-melting milkshake.

You have the choice to dictate your reaction to the environment around you. The room temperature is not likely to change unless you do, and it will most definitely not refreeze your milkshake by leaving it out on the counter. It’s your choice to have a good attitude. It’s your choice to not let the little or big things bother and even destroy you. Every moment in your life is an opportunity for you to decide to be a banana or a melting milkshake. Which one will you choose today?