Like this:

I am a firm believer in staying optimistic – the glass is always half-full for me.  I was having a discussion with a friend of mine the other day about the sad state of the Republican party, and how we’ve been plagued with scandals lately.  We got shellacked in the last election, and to be quite frank, we deserved it.

You’d think it’d be hard to stay positive.  But not me, my friends, not me.  I look forward to the future.

As I said, I was talking to my friend about the situation and I thought he had a great point.

He said, “Listen man, we just need to adopt a different mindset right now.  We need to be like a construction site.”

“How do you mean?”, I inquired.

“Well, look at it this way.  Construction sites always have those boards that say ‘X days since last accident’, right?  The point to take home here is that they recognize that bad things happen, and something bad is going to happen at some point in the future.  It’s part of the job.  But, they take it one day at a time – if we’re at 3 days since the last scandal, we’re just trying to get to 4 days.  Then 5 days.  And life goes on.”

Unfailing optimism in the face of adversity.  If you can’t keep a good sense of humor, then what do you have left?

(Note: We made it 7 days.)

In that spirit, here’s a picture from my desk from today:

Tomorrow, it will be 20.

One day at a time, ladies and gentlemen.  One day at a time.

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