It’s 6.30 am and my alarm clock won’t let me sleep any longer.
Time to get up and go to work.
I don’t feel ready for that.
The sky is dark, dawn is slowly creeping up.
I look out the window and see the neighboring houses covered in white.
Snow.
My mood drops, my smile turns into a grimly look, and I think “O no.”
I am not a fan of snow and the cold, but that’s a different story.
I walk into the bathroom to splash a bit of water into this sleepy face.
I make coffee.
All the while I feel a mood change taking place inside of me.
From hopeful to pessimistic.
From happy to moody.
Slightly aggressive.
And the day hasn’t even fully begun yet.
As I consider my feelings this morning I have to ask myself the uncomfortable question: What do I share today?
Do I want to pass on these feelings and attitudes to the people I meet today?
What do YOU share today?
How will people meet you on the street, at work, at uni today?
What will they take away from a conversation with you? A “Oh, she was really something today”, or “I feel encouraged because of her”?
What will you like and share on facebook or twitter? Yet another animal video or something that might speak to someone else?
I don’t know how your morning looked like.
But I know that the world’s already full enough of grumpy, hopeless people.
Share some difference today.
A smile.
A word of encouragement.
A bit of perspective in the midst of pessimism.
thisiskatha.com 
Thanks, Barbie!
Visiting from the Five Minute Friday. The perfect post to cause me to stop and ponder what it is I want to share with others. Have a blessed weekend.
Thanks for coming by!
Thanks, Lauren! Let's choose to share good things today!
Love your post. It's so important to make time to consider what we want to give to the world. Thank you for the reminder. [A fellow FMF-er]
Wow. Thank you for inviting us into your unedited morning thoughts, Katha. I remember so well those same sentiments you felt on cold, dark, sludgy mornings when I'd drive to school in Ohio. That same inner nudging to choose optimism in the face of pessimism. You're right; the latter is SO much easier. But it's the opposite of what our world so desperately needs. Thanks for this word of encouragement you have shared with all of us! It's an honor to have read it.