The first
thing we do is cut back on the daily news hour programs. Then I tell her to focus on the positive side
of any story she reads in the mini-newspaper she gets during the week. I bring home educational magazines and leave
them strategically around the house so that she might venture to pick them up
despite not being 20 year old Danish magazines.
I venture to mention some of the nuggets that I have found inspirational
in various books, shows and magazines.
Giving my mother a positive makeover is a
super challenge since she can get stubborn all of a sudden. One minute she is a compliant little girl and
the next WHAM! baby monster is born again.
Last night we were talking about religion and being sensibly
philosophical when suddenly she had me giggling and then roaring with
laughter. As we talked about life after
death she reminded me about an event that occurred some years ago. She woke up very suddenly to feel absolutely
ice cold with her teeth chattering so hard they were almost breaking. She looked me in the eye and said very matter
of factly “I may have been dead”. Like this happens to her every
day. I nearly choked on my meat and then couldn’t stop laughing.
I can be as philosophical or as dogmatic
as I like but the truth is my mother continues to amaze me. No matter how pessimistic she might be
she still has a great sense of humour.
If you have humour you really do see the bright side of things.
A mediocre person tells. A good person explains. A
superior person demonstrates. A great person inspires others to see for
themselves."
Harvey Mackay
Harvey Mackay
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